HYPMEDYSTOP1
Why stopped taking hypertension medicine: First reason
Codes and Frequencies
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| Code | Label |
74
|
|---|---|---|
| 0 | NIU | X |
| 1 | Doctor's advice | X |
| 2 | Side effects | X |
| 3 | Felt no longer needed | X |
| 4 | Ran out, didn't refill | X |
| 5 | Too expensive | X |
| 6 | Other | X |
| 7 | Not advised to take meds | X |
| 9 | Unknown | X |
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Description
For sample persons age 17 and over who have ever been told by doctor that they had hypertension, who were ever prescribed medicine by a doctor for their hypertension, but who are not now taking prescribed medicine for hypertension, HYPMEDYSTOP1 reports the first reason to stop taking hypertension medicine.
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Universe
- 1974: Sample persons age 17+ who have ever been told by doctor that they had high blood pressure/hypertension, who were ever prescribed medicine by a doctor for their high blood pressure/hypertension, but who are not now taking prescribed medicine for high blood pressure/hypertension.
Availability
- 1974
Weights
- 1974 : SAMPWEIGHT
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