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MEPS HC016F CODEBOOK
1997 Outpatient Visits File
DATE:September 20, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
280
1,882,139
-8 DK
43
298,490
-7 REFUSED
1
34,279
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,306
48,733,140
1 CHIROPRACTOR
21
382,043
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
3
28,355
3 MIDWIFE
16
84,055
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,249
9,660,828
5 OPTOMETRIST
23
128,188
6 PODIATRIST
9
20,240
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
90
649,314
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
2,359
19,092,562
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
305
1,941,122
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
145
1,333,470
11 SOCIAL WORKER
137
1,163,773
12 TECHNICIAN
4,333
38,066,155
91 OTHER
715
5,710,040
TOTAL
16,035
129,208,193


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