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            | MEPS HC-126G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2009 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS (FINAL) |  
            | DATE:     October 12, 2011 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 60 |  
            | End: | 61 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            285 |      2,673,137 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,158 |     10,032,799 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              2 |         20,376 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         52,261 |    564,245,514 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |          1,037 |     11,710,567 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            164 |      1,740,734 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,272 |     33,622,733 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,536 |     31,824,741 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |          1,053 |     10,814,675 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         15,836 |    150,316,567 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,484 |     16,716,793 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         15,686 |    136,935,057 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,005 |     10,901,014 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            133 |      1,252,760 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          7,540 |     65,169,299 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            333 |      3,489,139 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             18 |        110,585 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          6,283 |     65,449,287 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          1,928 |     12,600,041 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,743 |     18,448,629 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE |             20 |        297,173 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          2,130 |     21,597,803 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |          5,438 |     58,630,695 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,427 |     49,093,435 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            528 |      6,403,394 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,455 |     16,434,757 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             12 |         93,080 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |         11,469 |     95,200,416 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            614 |      6,253,846 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            354 |      3,968,124 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             49 |        544,736 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          4,714 |     42,934,283 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            787 |      8,898,800 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            298 |      3,468,593 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            747 |      8,214,432 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             32 |        369,018 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,572 |     17,762,259 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          6,196 |     67,532,119 |  
            | TOTAL |        154,599 |  1,555,771,408 |  
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