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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-067G CODEBOOK
2002 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE:September 10, 2004

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT02F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,066
7,570,084
-8 DK
153
1,213,392
-7 REFUSED
6
76,621
-1 INAPPLICABLE
122,638
987,557,566
1 CHIROPRACTOR
11,051
101,800,136
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
207
1,832,730
3 MIDWIFE
467
3,305,179
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
11,127
95,041,133
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,239
19,969,805
6 PODIATRIST
948
8,541,722
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,643
14,602,633
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,817
70,684,880
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
340
2,714,965
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,484
28,998,885
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,228
11,725,291
12 TECHNICIAN
9,511
84,029,495
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
163
1,883,213
14 ACUPUNCTURE
666
6,322,420
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,621
16,899,533
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
166
1,237,574
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
275
2,548,477
91 OTHER
2,929
24,519,085
TOTAL
179,745
1,493,074,820


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