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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC016F CODEBOOK
1997 Outpatient Visits File
DATE:September 20, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P HAVE ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
97
620,015
-8 DK
24
185,608
-1 INAPPLICABLE
50
434,814
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,028
8,073,880
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
8,834
72,143,330
3 EMERGENCY (E.G.,ACCIDENT OR JURY)
150
1,369,208
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
621
4,473,343
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,119
8,665,949
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
158
1,329,911
7 VISION EXAM
46
276,118
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
298
1,680,873
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
39
183,457
91 OTHER
3,571
29,771,689
TOTAL
16,035
129,208,193


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