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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-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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