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MEPS HC-077G CODEBOOK
2003 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: August 15, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
612
6,301,881
-8 DK
336
1,609,195
-7 REFUSED
32
402,223
-1 INAPPLICABLE
104,346
978,644,137
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,786
114,291,597
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
142
1,684,143
3 MIDWIFE
294
2,783,661
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
9,144
90,687,084
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,012
21,234,044
6 PODIATRIST
898
10,118,843
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,255
12,884,365
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,981
88,358,956
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
315
3,131,457
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,027
28,280,218
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,608
14,077,602
12 TECHNICIAN
8,229
86,956,178
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
128
1,445,364
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
558
7,347,380
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,153
13,400,539
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
132
1,369,092
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
241
2,548,142
91 OTHER
2,624
23,670,886
TOTAL
154,853
1,511,226,987


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