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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: 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 PERWT09F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,183
15,484,328
-8 DK
311
3,360,445
-7 REFUSED
17
195,613
-1 INAPPLICABLE
102,338
991,525,893
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,115
111,472,161
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
166
1,623,552
3 MIDWIFE
337
3,431,934
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
8,247
85,623,493
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,966
19,773,642
6 PODIATRIST
861
9,485,096
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,453
16,661,806
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
7,728
89,820,636
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
681
8,077,610
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,117
33,419,155
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,521
16,915,382
12 TECHNICIAN
9,314
95,760,425
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
86
879,099
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
926
8,347,690
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,128
14,043,496
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
109
1,340,935
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
336
3,637,755
91 OTHER
2,659
24,891,263
TOTAL
154,599
1,555,771,408


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