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MEPS HC-164
PANEL 17 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 23, 2017

Variable Name: TYPEPE4
Description: USC TYPE OF PROVIDER-R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1997
End: 1998

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,860
194,725,883
1 MD - GENERAL/FAMILY PRACTICE
3,445
73,789,680
2 MD - INTERNAL MEDICINE
750
16,915,531
3 MD - PEDIATRICS
1,313
21,071,944
4 MD - OB/GYN
74
1,492,540
5 MD - SURGERY
5
33,608
6 MD - OTHER
112
2,000,322
8 NURSE
1
25,116
9 NURSE PRACTITIONER
131
3,080,340
10 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
67
1,885,862
11 OTHER NON-MD PROVIDER
4
126,425
12 UNKNOWN
18
259,425
13 MD - CARDIOLOGIST
30
524,183
14 DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY
50
1,437,743
15 MD - ENDOCRINOLOGIST
19
472,876
16 MD - GASTROENTEROLOGIST
1
42,182
17 MD - GERIATRICIAN
9
194,295
18 MD - NEPHROLOGIST
4
53,314
19 MD - ONCOLOGIST
4
74,129
20 MD - PULMONOLOGIST
6
174,812
21 MD - RHEUMATOLOGIST
3
84,393
22 PSYCHIATRIST/PSYCHOLOGIST
5
82,861
23 MD - NEUROLOGIST
3
67,240
24 ALTERNATIVE CARE PROVIDER
9
357,264
TOTAL
17,923
318,971,967


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