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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-197F CODEBOOK
2017 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 7, 2019

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT17F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
168
1,739,997
-8 DK
67
500,151
-1 INAPPLICABLE
59
719,290
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
2,346
24,578,224
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
8,809
94,850,059
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
145
1,530,337
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
459
6,133,948
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,471
15,800,823
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
239
2,793,886
7 VISION EXAM
83
769,715
8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)
226
3,229,094
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
49
405,297
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
25
293,046
91 OTHER
1,632
18,276,246
TOTAL
15,778
171,620,113


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