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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-197G CODEBOOK
2017 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 7, 2019

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 PERWT17F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,015
13,577,185
-8 DK
470
4,704,444
-7 REFUSED
10
129,754
-1 INAPPLICABLE
94,927
1,021,827,749
1 CHIROPRACTOR
10,840
131,986,927
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
281
3,214,883
3 MIDWIFE
241
2,738,598
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
11,721
125,404,450
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,752
33,054,487
6 PODIATRIST
1,119
12,839,173
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
3,095
38,341,545
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
12,969
150,526,005
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
860
12,932,086
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
6,765
73,661,165
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,495
27,291,100
12 TECHNICIAN
10,653
109,519,477
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
71
679,520
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
1,120
13,567,578
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2,156
27,131,608
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
229
3,430,793
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
358
4,712,576
91 OTHER
6,344
67,290,483
TOTAL
170,491
1,878,561,585


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