Skip to main content
U.S. flag
Health and Human Services Logo

An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services

menu-iconMore mobile-close-icon
mobile-back-btn-icon Back
  • menu-iconMenu
  • mobile-search-icon
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Search All AHRQ Sites
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Español
  • FAQs
  • Email Updates
MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Font Size:
Contact MEPS FAQ Site Map  
S
M
L
XL
 
 
 
Download Data Files — Codebook

MEPS HC-118F CODEBOOK
2008 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: October 29, 2010

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 61
End: 62

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
51
492,009
-8 DK
11
81,158
-1 INAPPLICABLE
95
1,122,241
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,068
11,561,431
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
6,368
71,714,164
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
108
1,117,099
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
301
5,493,238
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
887
8,827,290
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
76
753,415
7 VISION EXAM
44
316,932
8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)
315
2,306,485
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
37
230,227
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
20
173,525
91 OTHER
1,792
20,221,380
TOTAL
11,173
124,410,595


Return to list of variables

""