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MEPS HC-229F CODEBOOK
2021 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 9, 2023

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 63
End: 64

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
569
5,945,784
-1 INAPPLICABLE
16,575
159,727,844
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
745
6,771,203
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
71
581,278
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
120
1,601,168
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
199
1,873,587
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
219
1,922,763
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
712
7,132,188
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
661
7,109,616
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
1,403
14,533,688
9 GENERAL SURGERY
566
6,051,062
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
22
216,461
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
503
6,146,576
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
75
537,368
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
2
3,401
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
602
5,276,706
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
277
1,936,417
16 NEUROLOGY
421
4,237,573
18 ONCOLOGY
1,111
9,420,531
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
537
4,796,769
20 ORTHOPEDICS
881
9,573,354
21 OSTEOPATHY
38
365,711
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
172
1,799,931
23 PATHOLOGY
4
42,719
24 PEDIATRICIAN
294
4,203,288
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
129
1,184,750
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
56
723,941
27 PROCTOLOGY
8
83,073
28 PSYCHIATRY
1,056
10,284,564
29 PULMONARY
170
1,684,586
30 RADIOLOGY
264
2,989,560
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
119
1,135,451
32 THORACIC SURGERY
2
21,445
33 UROLOGY
420
3,752,235
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
728
7,900,447
TOTAL
29,731
291,567,034


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