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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-188F CODEBOOK
2016 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: February 20, 2019

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 PERWT16F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
338
3,262,744
-8 DK
121
1,142,744
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,328
66,135,578
1 CHIROPRACTOR
46
433,232
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
25
147,610
3 MIDWIFE
16
200,253
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,219
13,324,559
5 OPTOMETRIST
20
197,236
6 PODIATRIST
28
290,960
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
142
1,827,122
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,234
15,114,858
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
68
708,799
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
93
1,096,672
11 SOCIAL WORKER
127
1,053,017
12 TECHNICIAN
3,729
47,070,214
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2
19,247
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
13
112,388
91 OTHER
284
3,757,507
TOTAL
13,833
155,894,739


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