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MEPS HC016G CODEBOOK
1997 Office-Based Medical Provider 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: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,936
15,510,206
-8 DK
278
1,933,240
-7 REFUSED
28
309,236
-1 INAPPLICABLE
106,352
877,716,884
1 CHIROPRACTOR
7,040
66,013,675
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
134
1,113,091
3 MIDWIFE
253
1,734,793
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
10,900
94,922,294
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,675
14,945,393
6 PODIATRIST
375
2,866,664
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
789
6,968,610
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
5,379
46,173,406
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
531
4,395,292
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,184
26,131,688
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,389
11,580,843
12 TECHNICIAN
4,670
41,018,256
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
320
2,915,743
91 OTHER
3,602
31,913,281
TOTAL
148,835
1,248,162,595


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