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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC010F CODEBOOK
1996 Outpatient Visits File
DATE:September 19, 2005

Variable Name: TIMESPNT
Description: TIME P SPENT WITH DOCTOR/MEDICAL PERSON
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 56
End: 57

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER96
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
211
2,809,251
-8 DK
234
2,446,637
-1 INAPPLICABLE
8
122,582
1 5 MINUTES OR LESS
1,067
14,532,160
2 6-10 MINUTES
938
11,824,202
3 11-15 MINUTES
1,130
13,947,327
4 16-25 MINUTES
1,074
13,805,425
5 26-40 MINUTES
1,448
17,764,878
6 41 MINUTES OR MORE
3,847
48,566,667
TOTAL
9,957
125,819,128


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