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MEPS HC 248G CODEBOOK
2023 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 29, 2025

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 64
End: 65

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
1,544
27,153,257
-7 REFUSED
10
194,483
-1 INAPPLICABLE
75,104
1,240,677,280
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
803
14,957,587
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
106
1,593,611
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
2,991
43,884,163
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,509
40,195,857
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID
867
14,442,791
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
7,307
113,915,983
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,104
17,381,417
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
8,129
127,007,543
9 GENERAL SURGERY
638
9,430,500
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
42
541,070
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
2,617
48,134,821
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
187
2,261,553
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
14
68,449
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST)
3,267
48,533,830
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,318
15,665,703
16 NEUROLOGY
1,376
21,132,887
18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER)
1,419
23,808,474
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES)
5,228
77,990,867
20 ORTHOPEDICS
3,733
61,263,189
21 OSTEOPATHY (DO)
248
4,181,139
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT)
943
16,503,977
23 PATHOLOGY
24
491,610
24 PEDIATRICIAN
3,465
74,624,805
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
260
4,959,289
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
174
3,380,669
27 PROCTOLOGY
13
188,903
28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST
3,213
60,607,253
29 PULMONARY
503
7,388,390
30 RADIOLOGY
168
2,284,142
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
630
9,473,140
32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST)
8
166,783
33 UROLOGY
1,015
15,238,439
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
4,119
64,505,542
TOTAL
135,096
2,214,229,398


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