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MEPS HC-118G CODEBOOK
2008 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: October 28, 2010

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
325
2,916,242
-8 DK
1,109
12,325,104
-7 REFUSED
3
74,039
-1 INAPPLICABLE
44,849
542,802,621
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,021
12,956,258
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
153
1,801,375
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
2,730
32,730,159
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,440
33,169,878
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
973
10,911,438
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
14,618
151,807,088
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,238
15,568,858
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
13,665
137,686,632
9 GENERAL SURGERY
959
11,288,684
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
210
2,594,557
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
7,312
68,615,548
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
297
3,134,387
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
19
173,684
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,884
69,166,917
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,190
10,266,594
16 NEUROLOGY
1,481
17,766,988
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
8
45,707
18 ONCOLOGY
1,609
19,625,470
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
4,941
60,174,956
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,125
52,203,873
21 OSTEOPATHY
427
5,784,642
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,405
16,983,287
23 PATHOLOGY
20
211,516
24 PEDIATRICIAN
9,767
85,957,329
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
754
6,514,054
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
260
3,278,671
27 PROCTOLOGY
57
723,800
28 PSYCHIATRY
3,867
43,336,882
29 PULMONARY
699
8,163,607
30 RADIOLOGY
240
3,951,128
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
817
9,349,377
32 THORACIC SURGERY
21
355,965
33 UROLOGY
1,318
15,448,190
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,649
65,151,536
TOTAL
136,460
1,535,017,041


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