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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09F
-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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