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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-102C CODEBOOK
2006 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES
DATE:September 16, 2008

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 73
End: 97

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,276
72,039,924
A CANE
1
20,180
BACK BRACE
1
8,566
BACK/NECK ROLLING MACHINE
1
9,381
BANDAIDS
2
28,381
BATHING EQUIPMENT
1
6,695
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
6
37,912
BLOOD TEST
1
12,621
BOOT
1
11,209
BRA
1
17,792
BRACE
1
18,045
BRACE FOR BROKEN TOE
1
19,565
BRACE ON KNEE
1
12,872
BREATHING MACHINE
2
23,485
C PAP MACHINE BREATHING
1
11,431
C-PAP MACHINE
1
8,985
CANADIAN CRUTCH
1
12,470
CANE
13
142,671
CANE AND CORRECTIVE INSER
1
16,433
CARE RIDES
1
20,962
CEPAC MACHINE FOR APNEA
1
10,813
CHAIR
1
7,163
COMPONENT FOR PROSTHESIS
1
6,987
CORRECTIVE SHOES
3
19,573
CPAC - SLEEP AIDE
1
7,009
CPAP EQUIPMENT
1
7,169
CPAP MACHINE
3
26,710
CPAP MACHINE SUPPLIES
1
12,378
CPAP MASK
1
9,157
CPAP SLEEP MASK
1
9,259
CRUTCHES
6
47,124
CRUTCHES, CAST,
1
11,117
DENTAL BRIDGE ADJUSTMENT
1
6,547
DEVICE TO CALL FOR HELP
1
1,950
DIAPERS
3
36,539
DISPOSABLE PART FOR C-PAC
1
9,030
ELECTRO FOR LEGS
1
12,818
FACE MASK FOR SLEEP
1
11,861
FLU SHOT
2
15,292
FLU SHOT AT WORK
1
11,612
FOOT BRACE/CAST
1
7,652
FOOT ORTHOTIC
1
4,722
HEALTH ALERT SYSTEM
1
40,757
HEART MONITOR
1
3,866
HEATING PADS
1
23,857
HELICOPT TRANS
1
0
HOSP BED
1
5,205
INSERTS
1
3,112
LAB TEST
1
12,106
LAB WORK/BLOOD TEST
1
23,678
LAB WORK/BLOOD TESTS
1
19,196
LEG WRAP/VELCRO
1
9,834
LIFE LINE
1
9,669
MASK CAP (AIR PRESSURE MA
1
21,889
MASSSAGE
1
14,705
MOBILE SCOOTER
1
3,820
MOTORIZED SCOOTER-
1
2,604
MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR
1
1,970
NEBULIZER
1
20,735
NEW ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR
1
15,910
O2 MACHINE
1
17,886
ON-SITE PARAMEDICS
1
16,019
ORTHOPEDIC SHOES
2
2,510
OXEGEN
1
11,880
OXYGEN
5
16,896
OXYGEN AT NIGHT
1
10,962
OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR
1
9,655
OXYGEN EQUIPMENT
1
13,930
OXYGEN TANK
1
12,022
OXYGEN-NEBULIZER, C-PAP
1
6,165
OXYGEN/NEBULIZER/BIPAP
1
4,169
PERCUSSION MASSAGER W/HEA
1
0
PHYSICAL THERAPY
1
14,942
PORTABLE EKG DEVICE
1
0
RAMP FOR HOME
1
8,621
REHABILITATION CENTER
1
3,585
SCOOTER
2
18,108
SHOE INSERTS
1
9,927
SHOULDER SLING
1
7,749
SHOULDER WRAP
1
5,147
SLEEP TENT AND MASK
1
27,358
SPECIAL BRA AFTER MASTECT
1
7,516
STAIR LIFT FOR HOME
1
12,847
STITCHES
1
10,524
SUPPLIES FOR C-PAP
1
9,926
TABLE
1
12,636
TENS UNIT
2
12,968
THERAPY
1
14,557
TRANSPORT CHAIR - CANE
1
0
VAPORIZER
3
15,435
VAPORIZOR
2
14,121
WALK IN SHOWER INSTALLED
1
24,118
WALKER
7
101,691
WALKER AND A CANE
1
18,414
WALKER AND CANES
1
7,733
WALKER,3CANES,KNEE REPLAC
1
10,184
WALKER/CANE
1
11,247
WALKING CANE
2
12,707
WHEEL CHAIR
2
11,805
WHEEL CHAIR ELECTRIC
1
3,548
WHEEL CHAIR, WALKER
1
1,432
WHEELCHAIR
1
5,465
WHEELCHAIR RAMP
1
3,065
WHEELCHAIR/HOSPITAL BED
1
6,704
WIG DUE TO LOST OF HAIR
1
1,608
WRIST BRACES
1
7,529
X-RAY
1
22,607
TOTAL
7,431
73,582,891


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