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MEPS HC-135F CODEBOOK
2010 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 12, 2012

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT10F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
91
715,027
-8 DK
117
1,300,974
-7 REFUSED
1
6,146
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,825
73,073,029
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
36
320,826
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
38
468,437
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
182
2,069,687
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
34
386,721
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
107
1,160,235
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
214
2,078,785
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
274
3,632,501
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
593
5,172,507
9 GENERAL SURGERY
203
2,277,365
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
76
712,230
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
333
2,789,119
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
39
263,634
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
18
173,371
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
164
1,631,181
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
252
1,581,470
16 NEUROLOGY
123
1,522,212
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
6
66,019
18 ONCOLOGY
418
3,601,443
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
192
1,978,055
20 ORTHOPEDICS
306
3,760,687
21 OSTEOPATHY
10
149,378
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
119
1,511,198
23 PATHOLOGY
2
9,856
24 PEDIATRICIAN
189
1,338,057
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
109
1,309,009
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
42
447,621
27 PROCTOLOGY
13
174,135
28 PSYCHIATRY
170
1,173,044
29 PULMONARY
41
379,912
30 RADIOLOGY
114
1,435,736
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
36
289,208
32 THORACIC SURGERY
5
35,927
33 UROLOGY
107
1,211,721
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
363
3,890,783
TOTAL
10,962
124,097,244


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