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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-102F CODEBOOK
2006 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 8, 2008

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
81
432,480
-8 DK
12
87,909
-7 REFUSED
1
8,068
-1 INAPPLICABLE
28
260,615
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,229
11,721,550
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
8,017
79,597,836
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
118
1,059,134
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
362
2,838,576
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
829
8,145,113
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
133
1,302,090
7 VISION EXAM
44
369,454
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
153
1,177,910
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
33
240,663
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
71
885,058
91 OTHER
2,213
21,995,152
TOTAL
13,324
130,121,608


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