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MEPS HC-206G CODEBOOK
2018 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2020

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE_M18
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VISIT DT
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 66
End: 68

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
1
11,144
-8 DK
973
10,414,671
-7 REFUSED
60
480,629
-1 INAPPLICABLE
99,187
1,072,816,263
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
1,327
16,025,435
2 CHIROPRACTOR
13,317
150,859,758
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
268
2,971,918
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
369
4,279,883
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2,499
31,656,217
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
5,811
59,675,078
7 MIDWIFE
245
2,669,162
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
14,276
148,857,936
9 OPTOMETRIST
3,655
41,673,771
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
18,110
194,057,659
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
3,824
41,970,703
12 PODIATRIST
1,112
12,649,997
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
6,002
65,850,480
14 SOCIAL WORKER
2,725
28,849,033
15 TECHNICIAN
12,492
123,044,768
91 OTHER
7,186
77,065,503
TOTAL
193,439
2,085,880,007


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