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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-178F CODEBOOK
2015 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2017

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 PERWT15F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
398
3,114,504
-8 DK
61
681,441
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,537
66,973,413
1 CHIROPRACTOR
56
354,856
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
23
208,915
3 MIDWIFE
29
148,236
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,079
10,906,949
5 OPTOMETRIST
14
104,867
6 PODIATRIST
36
264,781
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
176
1,501,624
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,089
15,191,001
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
114
1,183,400
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
340
1,968,014
11 SOCIAL WORKER
63
712,239
12 TECHNICIAN
3,851
50,998,634
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
4
47,357
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
9
108,013
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST
2
6,462
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
9
63,988
91 OTHER
288
3,223,542
TOTAL
14,178
157,762,236


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