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MEPS HC010G CODEBOOK
1996 Office Based Provider Visits
DATE:September 19, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER96
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,094
31,278,885
-8 DK
89
1,288,567
-7 REFUSED
4
56,301
-1 INAPPLICABLE
72,860
927,180,340
1 CHIROPRACTOR
4,164
56,570,128
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
107
1,331,368
3 MIDWIFE
152
1,521,007
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
7,521
98,811,673
5 OPTOMETRIST
891
12,048,632
6 PODIATRIST
236
3,224,546
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
493
6,219,932
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
3,456
45,467,057
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
158
2,156,643
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
1,897
26,884,148
11 SOCIAL WORKER
984
13,224,007
12 TECHNICIAN
2,829
38,860,434
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
241
3,372,992
91 OTHER
2,144
27,213,707
TOTAL
100,320
1,296,710,368


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