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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-102F CODEBOOK
2006 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 8, 2008

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
371
4,570,252
-8 DK
19
178,474
-7 REFUSED
2
22,856
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,260
50,626,751
1 CHIROPRACTOR
60
359,965
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
9
86,349
3 MIDWIFE
1
5,076
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
781
7,315,837
5 OPTOMETRIST
16
99,881
6 PODIATRIST
18
131,861
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
81
527,867
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,715
17,215,099
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
106
897,380
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
197
1,026,086
11 SOCIAL WORKER
13
120,416
12 TECHNICIAN
4,387
44,319,812
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
2
25,023
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST
1
10,811
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
18
141,124
91 OTHER
267
2,440,690
TOTAL
13,324
130,121,608


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