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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-160G CODEBOOK
2013 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: July 16, 2015

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 PERWT13F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,006
15,772,883
-8 DK
606
5,700,056
-7 REFUSED
9
205,356
-1 INAPPLICABLE
102,291
1,031,298,804
1 CHIROPRACTOR
10,279
138,697,777
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
217
2,376,930
3 MIDWIFE
217
2,113,757
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
10,507
119,246,737
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,194
24,574,703
6 PODIATRIST
1,003
12,138,495
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
2,070
26,930,164
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
8,836
106,410,531
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
1,178
10,685,246
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
4,002
43,608,873
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,054
21,618,505
12 TECHNICIAN
10,678
117,521,080
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
193
1,918,480
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
931
9,639,420
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,683
22,031,573
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
195
2,589,500
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
347
4,267,125
91 OTHER
4,268
41,414,598
TOTAL
165,764
1,760,760,592


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