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MEPS HC 254G CODEBOOK
2024 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: April 29, 2026

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
1,137
19,968,064
-7 REFUSED
8
120,984
-1 INAPPLICABLE
81,428
1,367,863,996
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
761
13,014,155
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
59
1,179,071
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
2,882
41,167,175
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,960
48,234,123
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID
1,013
16,741,632
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
7,182
112,093,865
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,228
19,745,926
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
8,675
134,736,857
9 GENERAL SURGERY
676
9,928,655
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
62
845,100
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
2,693
51,638,312
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
155
2,304,884
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
6
101,932
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST)
3,042
47,782,627
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,056
12,464,834
16 NEUROLOGY
1,639
25,154,465
18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER)
2,169
33,346,721
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES)
5,768
85,465,760
20 ORTHOPEDICS
3,853
57,839,260
21 OSTEOPATHY (DO)
197
3,287,184
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT)
1,036
16,947,782
23 PATHOLOGY
4
47,488
24 PEDIATRICIAN
3,706
80,268,897
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
295
4,848,920
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
168
2,866,591
27 PROCTOLOGY
11
188,678
28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST
4,026
76,671,319
29 PULMONARY
476
6,992,330
30 RADIOLOGY
142
2,027,546
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
591
9,032,388
32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST)
14
283,629
33 UROLOGY
1,362
18,785,384
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,338
86,105,980
TOTAL
145,818
2,410,092,512


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