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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: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P HAVE ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER96
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
79
1,081,907
-8 DK
5
84,068
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7
108,999
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
817
9,415,624
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
5,167
65,670,493
3 EMERGENCY (E.G.,ACCIDENT OR JURY)
114
1,361,349
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
368
4,550,879
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
886
10,131,395
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
93
1,035,738
7 VISION EXAM
29
310,291
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
238
3,088,120
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
20
242,840
91 OTHER
2,134
28,737,424
TOTAL
9,957
125,819,128


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