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MEPS HC-229G CODEBOOK
2021 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 9, 2023

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE_M18
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VISIT DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 66
End: 67

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
3,403
37,468,980
-7 REFUSED
73
576,974
-1 INAPPLICABLE
86,641
948,188,822
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
1,247
13,019,589
2 CHIROPRACTOR
12,439
141,797,007
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
237
3,162,698
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
363
3,716,664
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2,227
25,433,358
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
11,103
137,268,229
7 MIDWIFE
220
2,763,991
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
21,009
230,592,076
9 OPTOMETRIST
3,283
37,644,355
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
19,057
219,116,825
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
3,954
44,735,770
12 PODIATRIST
1,321
12,459,021
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
4,791
61,393,020
14 SOCIAL WORKER
4,041
46,440,470
15 TECHNICIAN
15,926
179,935,280
91 OTHER
10,966
125,674,048
TOTAL
202,301
2,271,387,178


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