Characteristics of Prescribed Medicine Events. 2.6.2.1 Date When Prescribed Medicine Was First Taken (RXBEGMM-RXBEGYRX) There are two variables which indicate when a prescribed medicine was first taken (used), as reported by the household respondent. They are the following: RXBEGMM denotes the month in which a person first started taking a medication, and RXBEGYRX reflects the year in which a
Characteristics of Prescribed Medicine Events. 2.6.2.1 Date When Prescribed Medicine Was First Taken (RXBEGDD-RXBEGYR) There are three variables, which indicate when a prescribed medicine was first taken (used), as reported by the household. They are the following: RXBEGDD indicates the day a person first started taking a medicine, RXBEGMM denotes the month in which a person first started taking a medication, and RXBEGYR reflects the year in which a person first started taking a medicine. These “first taken” questions are only asked the first time a prescription is mentioned by the household. These questions are not asked of refills of the prescription for a person in subsequent rounds and result in a value of -1 being assigned to those types of events for these variables. These variables are unedited.
Characteristics of Prescribed Medicine Events. 2.7.2.1 Date When Prescribed Medicine Was First Taken (RXBEGDD-RXBEGYRX) There are three variables which indicate when a prescribed medicine was first taken (used), as reported by the household. They are the following: RXBEGDD indicates the day a person first started taking a medicine, RXBEGMM denotes the month in which a person first started taking a medication, and RXBEGYRX reflects the year in which a person first started taking a medicine. These “first taken” questions are only asked the first time a prescription is mentioned by the household. These questions are not asked of refills of the prescription for a person in subsequent rounds and result in a value of -1 being assigned to those types of events for these variables. For purposes of confidentiality, RXBEGYRX was bottom-coded at 1920 which makes RXBEGYRX consistent with the top-coding of the age variables on the 2005 Full Year Population Characteristics Public Use File (HC-090).
Characteristics of Prescribed Medicine Events. 2.6.2.1 Date When Prescribed Medicine Was First Taken (RXBEGDD-RXBEGYRX)
Characteristics of Prescribed Medicine Events
