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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-126C CODEBOOK
2009 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES
DATE: May 27, 2011

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 73
End: 97

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,806
65,534,299
ACCUPUNCTURE
1
2,157
AIR CAST
1
6,452
AIR SPLINT
1
5,422
ARM BRACE
1
6,498
BANDAGES
1
15,393
BANDAGES AND TAPE
1
7,590
BANDAGES BANDAIDS
1
22,283
BANDAGES TO WRAP ARM
1
5,085
BLOOD PRESSER MONITOR
1
6,828
BLOOD PRESSURE MACHINE
2
32,559
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITER
1
6,078
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
4
44,794
BOOT
1
24,968
BP MONITOR
1
8,077
BRACE
1
7,231
BRACES
2
9,845
BREAST CANCER SUPPLIES
1
9,816
BREAST PUMP
2
11,388
BREATHING DEVICE WITH MAS
1
4,179
C PAK FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
10,955
C-PAD MACHINE
1
9,793
C-PAP
1
5,856
C-PAP EQUIPMENT
1
6,252
C-PAP MACHINE
2
44,291
CANE
12
100,091
CANE AND WALKER
2
14,053
CANES
3
34,889
CANES FOR WALKING PROBLEM
1
10,691
CAST BOOT
1
3,323
CHEMO/ INFUSION RESOURCE
1
5,851
CLUTCHES
2
4,934
COMPRESSION PANTY HOSE
1
4,511
COMPRESSION STOCKINGS
2
35,962
CONTACT LENSES
1
4,118
CORRECTIVE SHOE BRACE
1
15,142
CORRECTIVE SHOE INCERTS
1
7,268
CORRECTIVE SHOE INSERTS
1
3,172
CORRECTIVE SHOES
1
7,008
CPAK
1
5,882
CPAP
1
16,910
CPAP AND HUMIDIFIER
1
9,641
CPAP MACHINE
3
31,720
CPAP MACHINE PARTS
1
4,655
CPAP MASK
1
15,295
CPAP MASK AND HEAD GEAR
1
10,419
CRUTCHES
4
31,086
DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT
1
17,359
DIAPERS
1
6,582
DONT KNOW-STUFF
1
2,783
DOUBLE STRAP ANKLE WRAP
1
13,772
EXERCISE BALLS FOR FINGER
1
2,354
FLU SHOT
1
12,483
FROM FATGHER
1
16,747
GAIT BELT
1
6,498
H1N1 VIRAL IMMUNIZATION
1
9,254
HAND RAILS
1
14,113
HARD SOLE SHOE AND CRUTCH
1
17,875
HEAL RAISER VAPORIZER
1
9,954
HEARING AID BATTERIES
1
14,898
HEART MONITOR
2
10,243
HOSPITAL BED
1
6,114
HOSPITAL TRAY
1
7,641
HOT TUB
1
7,713
ICE MACHINE
1
5,474
INVERSION TABLE FOR BACK
1
16,135
JACUZZI
1
4,148
KNEE SCOOTER
1
10,687
KNEE SLEEVE
1
5,916
LAB WORK
1
16,549
LIFT CHAIR
1
12,739
LIFTER
1
3,248
LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE
1
9,807
LONGER REACHER
1
16,356
MASECTOMY BRA
1
7,329
MASSAGE
3
31,674
MASSAGE THERAPIST
1
14,308
MASSAGE THERAPY
2
18,571
MASTECTOMY SLEEVE
1
25,658
MEDICAL TAPE
1
19,461
MEDICAL/SURGICAL SUPPLIES
1
4,120
NEBULIZER
6
25,386
NEBULIZER AND DIABETIC SH
1
5,834
NECK TRACTION UNIT
1
11,226
NERVE STIMULATOR
1
0
NEW WHEEL CHAIR
1
4,907
O2
2
32,950
ORTHOPEDIC SHOES
1
12,217
ORTHOTICS
2
35,161
OXYGEN
7
53,505
OXYGEN AND VAPORIZER
1
22,570
OXYGEN OXYGEN MONITOR
1
2,718
PACEMAKER OVER PHONE
1
12,527
PHOTO THERAPY LIGHTS
1
23,094
PORTABLE COMMODES
1
2,274
POWER CHAIR
1
9,580
PRE OP CATARACT SURG KIT
1
13,363
PRESSURE SOCKS
1
13,188
PURCHASED CANE
1
15,771
REACHERS FOR TUB
1
12,954
RESISTANCE BANDS
1
11,336
SHOE INSERTS
1
6,362
SHOULDER SLING
1
17,480
SLEEP APNEA DEVICE
1
9,795
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE
1
19,341
SLEEP APNEA MACHINE CPAP
1
13,168
SLEEP APNEA MASK
1
16,215
SLEEP APNEA MOUTH GUARD
1
16,553
SLEEP MASK
1
21,641
SLEEP MASK/MACHINE
1
17,900
SLING
1
8,165
SLING PULLEY
1
18,947
SOFT BOOT
1
14,909
SOX
1
11,201
SPACER
1
25,099
SPECIAL BED
1
3,664
SPECIAL SHOES
1
4,727
SPLINT
1
12,802
SPLINT AND ACE BANDAGES
1
12,989
SUPPORT STOCKINGS
1
2,204
SYRINGES AND FOOD
1
19,309
TELEPHONE W/AMPLIFIER
1
17,560
TENS UNIT
1
14,635
TRACH
1
13,584
VAN SERVICE TO ADULT DAY
1
13,442
VAPORIZR
1
16,090
VERICOSE VEIN STOCKINGS
1
26,876
WAKER
1
5,263
WALKER
15
194,796
WALKER BATH SEATS
1
24,947
WALKER CANE
1
7,840
WHEEL CHAIR
1
21,213
WHEEL CHAIR AND WALKER
1
3,914
WHEELCHAIR
5
63,064
WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION
1
3,751
WHEELCHR CUSHION
1
13,169
WIG -HAIR LOSS CHEMO
1
5,138
TOTAL
7,005
67,661,582


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