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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 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -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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