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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Prescribed medicine/drugs at last health facility visit (W_HCMEDPRESC)

Data file: NPL2011-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2859
End: 2859
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1009D) Were you prescribed any medicines/drug by the health care provider the last time you visited the health facility?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1009F)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 1009F)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
HCMEDPRESC indicates whether the respondent received a prescription for medicine or drugs during her most recent visit to a health facility.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Treatment for illness Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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