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MEPS HC-178G CODEBOOK
2015 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2017

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT15F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,753
25,839,972
-8 DK
438
3,905,579
-7 REFUSED
8
34,443
-1 INAPPLICABLE
99,608
1,041,880,172
1 CHIROPRACTOR
10,374
125,499,655
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
305
3,038,622
3 MIDWIFE
235
2,679,792
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
11,966
134,646,931
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,303
26,691,997
6 PODIATRIST
1,152
13,876,687
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
2,515
33,725,235
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
10,760
134,517,203
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
1,450
17,279,591
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
4,843
54,028,071
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,204
27,218,749
12 TECHNICIAN
11,925
126,354,139
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
160
1,738,487
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
1,179
13,537,720
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2,025
28,416,265
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
286
3,833,335
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
455
4,642,404
91 OTHER
5,444
62,180,220
TOTAL
172,388
1,885,565,269


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