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

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
62
817,533
-8 DK
232
2,452,307
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,111
70,904,234
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
10
41,547
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
24
390,700
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
218
2,552,156
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
36
376,645
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
72
548,453
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
188
1,856,777
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
292
3,284,025
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
442
4,254,818
9 GENERAL SURGERY
232
2,778,933
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
3
26,577
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
346
2,720,339
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
46
328,955
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
29
362,752
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
181
1,885,152
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
206
867,651
16 NEUROLOGY
112
1,189,443
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
6
80,402
18 ONCOLOGY
414
4,682,009
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
202
2,112,713
20 ORTHOPEDICS
338
3,998,947
21 OSTEOPATHY
6
115,202
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
162
1,504,751
24 PEDIATRICIAN
202
1,184,808
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
18
144,988
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
42
468,099
27 PROCTOLOGY
18
194,343
28 PSYCHIATRY
311
5,052,446
29 PULMONARY
42
458,729
30 RADIOLOGY
105
1,155,692
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
23
176,773
32 THORACIC SURGERY
2
20,704
33 UROLOGY
141
1,430,368
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
299
3,990,625
TOTAL
11,173
124,410,595


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