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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-168G CODEBOOK
2014 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: June 3, 2016

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 PERWT14F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,054
17,709,723
-8 DK
503
5,709,486
-7 REFUSED
7
38,711
-1 INAPPLICABLE
99,948
1,073,491,765
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,198
130,974,078
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
284
2,998,916
3 MIDWIFE
238
2,646,445
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
11,686
153,221,918
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,006
24,534,195
6 PODIATRIST
891
10,392,473
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
2,233
29,691,615
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
9,689
122,875,537
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
1,040
12,419,303
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
4,675
52,928,559
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,185
28,003,451
12 TECHNICIAN
11,173
127,276,974
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
191
2,375,663
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
927
11,837,653
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,621
22,763,831
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
196
2,651,211
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
346
4,998,899
91 OTHER
4,914
54,467,066
TOTAL
166,005
1,894,007,471


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