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

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 62
End: 63

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,232
11,044,847
-8 DK
207
2,255,966
-7 REFUSED
16
149,243
-1 INAPPLICABLE
103,000
983,987,792
1 CHIROPRACTOR
10,032
113,277,598
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
108
1,137,828
3 MIDWIFE
236
2,426,342
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
8,808
81,617,612
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,144
22,736,914
6 PODIATRIST
1,020
10,934,115
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,417
15,348,978
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,177
77,495,335
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
497
5,309,537
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,150
33,784,404
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,656
15,183,689
12 TECHNICIAN
9,137
93,147,522
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
82
835,576
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
747
9,045,465
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,480
18,433,439
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
119
1,500,700
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
416
4,172,275
91 OTHER
2,821
27,574,175
TOTAL
155,502
1,531,399,353


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