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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-085G CODEBOOK
2004 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: August 2, 2006

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 PERWT04F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,041
10,476,756
-8 DK
161
1,443,632
-7 REFUSED
8
143,161
-1 INAPPLICABLE
104,951
990,404,584
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,431
111,886,674
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
159
1,865,184
3 MIDWIFE
331
2,967,793
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
8,682
83,724,999
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,339
25,305,089
6 PODIATRIST
1,053
11,273,899
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,231
13,060,985
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,881
83,113,296
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
283
2,157,921
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,908
38,740,312
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,650
15,919,941
12 TECHNICIAN
8,952
97,230,148
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
121
1,306,429
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
613
7,352,692
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,507
18,027,152
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
260
3,215,932
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
215
1,693,273
91 OTHER
2,759
25,655,768
TOTAL
157,536
1,546,965,619


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