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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC010G CODEBOOK
1996 Office Based Provider Visits
DATE:September 19, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P HAVE ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 63
End: 64

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER96
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,018
14,651,916
-8 DK
61
1,088,691
-7 REFUSED
3
55,315
-1 INAPPLICABLE
3,551
48,883,718
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
17,362
215,421,154
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
45,699
596,770,964
3 EMERGENCY (E.G.,ACCIDENT OR JURY)
949
11,725,212
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
6,422
85,156,254
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
8,496
113,161,103
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
3,713
47,960,594
7 VISION EXAM
3,038
39,249,330
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
3,122
34,006,395
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
793
10,565,995
91 OTHER
6,093
78,013,727
TOTAL
100,320
1,296,710,368


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