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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H51F CODEBOOK
2000 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE
DATE: August 16, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 56
End: 57

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT00F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
580
6,811,719
-8 DK
20
269,173
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,567
50,609,699
1 CHIROPRACTOR
29
324,501
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
3
31,594
3 MIDWIFE
7
81,286
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
990
10,431,340
5 OPTOMETRIST
19
248,059
6 PODIATRIST
13
150,868
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
23
277,917
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,242
15,404,834
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
142
702,992
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
174
2,489,080
11 SOCIAL WORKER
25
573,664
12 TECHNICIAN
3,172
39,661,700
91 OTHER
222
2,991,442
TOTAL
11,228
131,059,870


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