IPUMS DHS: descr: HCMEDPRESC

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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HCMEDPRESC (HCMEDPRESC)

Prescribed medicine/drugs at last health facility visit

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

HCMEDPRESC has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCMEDPRESC is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who visited a government health facility in the last 12 months.

Nepal: 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-W