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MEPS HC-126F CODEBOOK
2009 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS (FINAL)
DATE: October 18, 2011

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
39
340,210
-8 DK
217
1,665,282
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,054
77,517,980
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
9
38,319
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
32
646,923
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
236
2,448,043
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
50
534,161
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
101
767,592
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
219
1,727,315
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
329
3,443,678
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
596
4,249,269
9 GENERAL SURGERY
281
2,811,640
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
5
46,357
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
315
2,288,876
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
80
868,700
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
12
89,058
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
227
1,556,669
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
223
787,217
16 NEUROLOGY
99
885,493
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
4
42,525
18 ONCOLOGY
479
4,063,574
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
205
2,020,233
20 ORTHOPEDICS
467
6,036,674
21 OSTEOPATHY
10
81,565
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
170
1,677,964
23 PATHOLOGY
4
45,701
24 PEDIATRICIAN
236
1,408,674
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
85
695,597
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
41
402,363
27 PROCTOLOGY
16
139,949
28 PSYCHIATRY
273
1,914,636
29 PULMONARY
50
454,999
30 RADIOLOGY
299
2,858,506
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
36
210,890
32 THORACIC SURGERY
7
45,894
33 UROLOGY
130
1,339,167
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
497
5,321,722
TOTAL
13,133
131,473,413


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