Details of Element: How is Medication Taken?
Component of Medications File (Includes Name, 1-30 & Icd-9-Cm Codes, 50-67)

Unique Name: hoism
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? Yes

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 13638 14956 28594
Number of Distinct Participants 807 735 1542
Year First Collected 1968 1990 -
Year Last Collected 1998 1998 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    1 All p.o. except sublingual
    2 Sublingual
    3 Inhaler
    4 Eye/nose topicals/sprays
    5 Other topicals
    6 Suppositories
    7 Parenteral
    8 Intra-articular
    9 Other/unknown
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 1. thru 9.
Masterfile Index: 812-01-45
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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