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MEPS HC-102F CODEBOOK
2006 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 8, 2008

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 56
End: 57

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT06F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
69
653,139
-8 DK
168
1,528,139
-7 REFUSED
1
14,498
-1 INAPPLICABLE
8,064
79,494,857
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
37
381,995
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
35
336,080
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
228
2,011,649
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
36
386,767
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
27
218,833
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
121
951,048
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
319
3,531,454
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
467
4,482,893
9 GENERAL SURGERY
304
3,451,279
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
8
41,858
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
218
1,841,458
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
17
184,739
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
13
135,430
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
180
1,757,560
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
389
2,751,357
16 NEUROLOGY
104
917,748
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
15
115,749
18 ONCOLOGY
417
4,051,923
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
259
2,471,963
20 ORTHOPEDICS
355
3,383,081
21 OSTEOPATHY
13
103,549
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
162
1,629,131
23 PATHOLOGY
16
161,237
24 PEDIATRICIAN
185
1,511,097
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
30
388,002
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
39
531,247
27 PROCTOLOGY
10
94,901
28 PSYCHIATRY
217
2,087,841
29 PULMONARY
46
534,264
30 RADIOLOGY
253
2,755,084
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
21
212,350
32 THORACIC SURGERY
4
48,500
33 UROLOGY
108
1,157,598
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
369
3,811,309
TOTAL
13,324
130,121,608


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