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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-118F CODEBOOK
2008 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: October 29, 2010

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
218
2,306,066
-8 DK
18
246,331
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,062
53,506,360
1 CHIROPRACTOR
16
141,222
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
7
67,721
3 MIDWIFE
14
244,092
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
972
9,371,070
5 OPTOMETRIST
13
88,107
6 PODIATRIST
16
158,218
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
33
448,404
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
812
10,631,458
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
74
597,125
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
22
192,528
11 SOCIAL WORKER
20
274,948
12 TECHNICIAN
3,603
42,168,134
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
4
77,494
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
19
57,099
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
22
132,616
91 OTHER
228
3,701,603
TOTAL
11,173
124,410,595


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