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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-168F CODEBOOK
2014 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 8, 2016

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT14F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
490
3,563,670
-8 DK
56
704,828
-7 REFUSED
1
20,657
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,850
67,980,338
1 CHIROPRACTOR
39
405,903
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
18
145,056
3 MIDWIFE
11
38,914
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,353
14,573,474
5 OPTOMETRIST
22
187,523
6 PODIATRIST
29
340,960
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
59
768,773
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,469
19,023,501
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
63
1,173,131
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
245
1,785,631
11 SOCIAL WORKER
100
1,284,627
12 TECHNICIAN
3,922
51,844,984
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
3
29,296
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
23
284,859
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST
1
12,089
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
8
104,362
91 OTHER
382
4,300,993
TOTAL
15,144
168,573,571


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