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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-152G CODEBOOK
2012 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: July 2, 2014

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 62
End: 63

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT12F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,728
16,969,047
-8 DK
346
3,584,313
-7 REFUSED
24
581,054
-1 INAPPLICABLE
95,637
997,111,805
1 CHIROPRACTOR
8,581
120,048,425
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
169
1,730,238
3 MIDWIFE
185
1,542,839
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
6,668
82,732,901
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,936
21,015,888
6 PODIATRIST
1,098
13,755,583
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,630
20,668,567
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,827
103,602,146
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
748
5,484,008
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,063
35,619,502
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,781
23,276,971
12 TECHNICIAN
8,108
92,225,688
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
58
582,884
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
791
8,968,146
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,306
16,364,997
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
196
2,654,576
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
271
3,971,836
91 OTHER
2,604
26,005,630
TOTAL
144,755
1,598,497,046


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