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MEPS HC-102G CODEBOOK
2006 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: August 8, 2008

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
357
3,423,253
-8 DK
1,581
13,369,016
-1 INAPPLICABLE
52,502
547,411,561
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,273
14,027,798
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
201
2,325,088
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,362
33,134,550
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,273
26,417,446
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
976
9,357,009
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
13,816
130,344,112
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,444
15,433,126
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
17,717
152,555,207
9 GENERAL SURGERY
1,238
12,234,506
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
195
1,902,180
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
7,165
69,913,447
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
394
3,333,850
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
13
85,346
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
7,265
72,640,671
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,784
9,583,599
16 NEUROLOGY
1,665
16,147,587
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
14
119,109
18 ONCOLOGY
2,009
20,003,155
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
5,429
58,491,572
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,530
49,127,663
21 OSTEOPATHY
738
7,119,788
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,410
15,911,750
23 PATHOLOGY
11
98,238
24 PEDIATRICIAN
10,785
92,661,015
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
530
5,289,396
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
336
4,507,464
27 PROCTOLOGY
61
737,453
28 PSYCHIATRY
4,823
45,345,064
29 PULMONARY
805
7,858,629
30 RADIOLOGY
349
3,783,210
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
849
8,019,877
32 THORACIC SURGERY
50
569,171
33 UROLOGY
1,524
16,357,987
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
6,028
61,759,460
TOTAL
155,502
1,531,399,353


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