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MEPS H26GF1 CODEBOOK
1998 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS FILE
DATE: August 22, 2005

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 WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,061
11,863,875
-8 DK
162
2,061,898
-7 REFUSED
32
561,345
-1 INAPPLICABLE
74,175
885,208,678
1 CHIROPRACTOR
6,131
89,526,839
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
67
816,588
3 MIDWIFE
117
1,614,367
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
6,624
82,090,949
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,193
15,675,036
6 PODIATRIST
294
3,605,895
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
590
7,816,226
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
4,370
53,804,763
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
355
2,404,254
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
2,731
32,044,046
11 SOCIAL WORKER
822
10,485,926
12 TECHNICIAN
3,556
42,965,050
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
135
1,652,118
91 OTHER
2,325
29,533,758
TOTAL
104,740
1,273,731,612


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