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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-144F CODEBOOK
2011 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 11, 2013

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT11F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
245
2,508,175
-8 DK
33
378,563
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,819
57,992,252
1 CHIROPRACTOR
29
216,702
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
11
90,443
3 MIDWIFE
3
18,630
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
681
8,353,254
5 OPTOMETRIST
16
203,343
6 PODIATRIST
19
229,783
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
81
982,346
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,035
13,095,271
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
87
1,478,055
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
53
739,920
11 SOCIAL WORKER
35
263,190
12 TECHNICIAN
3,056
38,492,682
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
16
381,630
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1
2,662
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
96
2,114,933
91 OTHER
227
3,279,506
TOTAL
11,543
130,821,340


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