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MEPS HC-229F CODEBOOK
2021 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 9, 2023

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE_M18
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VISIT DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 65
End: 66

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
665
6,069,438
-7 REFUSED
12
283,143
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,156
131,839,190
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
93
612,936
2 CHIROPRACTOR
62
516,657
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
29
358,898
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
15
134,487
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
41
306,886
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
391
4,563,626
7 MIDWIFE
43
659,898
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
4,751
45,394,899
9 OPTOMETRIST
49
402,585
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
2,625
25,185,258
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
483
5,099,595
12 PODIATRIST
136
1,183,784
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
268
2,556,295
14 SOCIAL WORKER
151
1,406,802
15 TECHNICIAN
5,373
52,140,103
91 OTHER
1,388
12,852,556
TOTAL
29,731
291,567,034


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