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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC016E CODEBOOK
1997 Emergency Room Visits File
DATE:September 20, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR EROM CARE ON VISIT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 65
End: 66

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
38
258,976
-8 DK
3
9,351
-7 REFUSED
1
10,498
1 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
2,816
20,988,359
2 EMERGENCY (ACCIDNT/INJURY)
2,767
21,457,444
3 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MH COUNSELING
30
217,410
4 FOLLOW-UP/POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
111
721,787
5 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
18
86,483
6 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
105
596,061
91 OTHER
86
574,115
TOTAL
5,975
44,920,484


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