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Details for OMTYPE on File HC077C

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Variable Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC077C
Variable Name  OMTYPE
Label  OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSE TYPE
Position  16
Type  N
Length  8
Description 
Format 
Category Name  Event Description


VALUE UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
1 GLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES 5,436 54,226,815
2 INSULIN 580 4,754,193
3 DIABETIC EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES 1,386 12,161,697
4 AMBULANCE SERVICES 381 3,407,790
5 ORTHOPEDIC ITEMS 597 5,803,665
6 HEARING DEVICES 99 1,065,364
7 PROSTHESIS 15 137,952
8 BATHROOM AIDS 193 1,781,870
9 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 428 4,042,500
10 DISPOSABLE SUPPLIES 370 3,699,845
11 ALTERATIONS/MODIFICATIONS 47 425,445
91 OTHER 139 1,360,472
TOTAL 9,671 92,867,608

Only public variables contain frequencies.

   Page last revised:  January 31, 2012