Skip to main content
U.S. flag
Health and Human Services Logo

An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services

menu-iconMore mobile-close-icon
mobile-back-btn-icon Back
  • menu-iconMenu
  • mobile-search-icon
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Search All AHRQ Sites
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Español
  • FAQs
  • Email Updates
MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Font Size:
Contact MEPS FAQ Site Map  
S
M
L
XL
 
 
 
Download Data Files — Codebook

MEPS HC-059F CODEBOOK
2001 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: December 12, 2003

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT01F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
350
2,984,103
-8 DK
57
558,970
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,943
53,062,627
1 CHIROPRACTOR
40
173,260
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
11
81,144
3 MIDWIFE
1
5,939
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,774
14,870,542
5 OPTOMETRIST
21
180,219
6 PODIATRIST
8
72,739
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
35
286,278
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
2,274
22,584,007
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
175
1,580,555
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
82
613,748
11 SOCIAL WORKER
71
642,490
12 TECHNICIAN
4,919
47,454,312
14 ACUPUNCTURE
1
12,022
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
7
59,836
91 OTHER
505
4,652,854
TOTAL
16,274
149,875,646


Return to list of variables

""