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            | MEPS HC-102G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2006 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:    August 8, 2008 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 60 |  
            | End: | 61 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            357 |      3,423,253 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,581 |     13,369,016 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         52,502 |    547,411,561 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |          1,273 |     14,027,798 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            201 |      2,325,088 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,362 |     33,134,550 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,273 |     26,417,446 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |            976 |      9,357,009 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         13,816 |    130,344,112 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,444 |     15,433,126 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         17,717 |    152,555,207 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,238 |     12,234,506 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            195 |      1,902,180 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          7,165 |     69,913,447 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            394 |      3,333,850 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             13 |         85,346 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          7,265 |     72,640,671 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          1,784 |      9,583,599 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,665 |     16,147,587 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE |             14 |        119,109 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          2,009 |     20,003,155 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |          5,429 |     58,491,572 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,530 |     49,127,663 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            738 |      7,119,788 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,410 |     15,911,750 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             11 |         98,238 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |         10,785 |     92,661,015 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            530 |      5,289,396 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            336 |      4,507,464 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             61 |        737,453 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          4,823 |     45,345,064 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            805 |      7,858,629 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            349 |      3,783,210 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            849 |      8,019,877 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             50 |        569,171 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,524 |     16,357,987 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          6,028 |     61,759,460 |  
            | TOTAL |        155,502 |  1,531,399,353 |  
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