| MEPS HC-118G CODEBOOK |
| 2008 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |
| DATE: October 28, 2010 |
| Variable Name: |
MEDPTYPE |
| Description: |
TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT |
| Format: |
2.0 |
| Type: |
NUM |
| Start: |
62 |
| End: |
63 |
|
|
|
| -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |
1,702 |
22,197,772 |
| -8 DK |
213 |
2,430,970 |
| -7 REFUSED |
8 |
199,441 |
| -1 INAPPLICABLE |
91,611 |
992,214,420 |
| 1 CHIROPRACTOR |
7,931 |
100,565,897 |
| 2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON |
291 |
2,967,566 |
| 3 MIDWIFE |
249 |
3,297,385 |
| 4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER |
7,281 |
83,744,209 |
| 5 OPTOMETRIST |
1,904 |
22,390,758 |
| 6 PODIATRIST |
834 |
10,362,660 |
| 7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT |
1,203 |
14,790,326 |
| 8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST |
6,506 |
81,353,747 |
| 9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST |
416 |
5,671,194 |
| 10 PSYCHOLOGIST |
2,785 |
34,329,974 |
| 11 SOCIAL WORKER |
1,625 |
18,360,678 |
| 12 TECHNICIAN |
7,534 |
87,470,758 |
| 13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY |
72 |
843,706 |
| 14 ACUPUNCTURIST |
379 |
5,286,003 |
| 15 MASSAGE THERAPIST |
1,216 |
16,929,912 |
| 16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST |
122 |
1,622,845 |
| 17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO |
274 |
2,673,465 |
| 91 OTHER |
2,304 |
25,313,356 |
| TOTAL |
136,460 |
1,535,017,041 |
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