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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-135G CODEBOOK
2010 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: June 12, 2012

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 PERWT10F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,154
20,418,096
-8 DK
312
3,160,641
-7 REFUSED
82
1,489,197
-1 INAPPLICABLE
85,227
986,303,910
1 CHIROPRACTOR
7,510
117,469,647
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
175
2,452,381
3 MIDWIFE
214
2,869,192
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
6,639
83,730,011
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,756
20,661,481
6 PODIATRIST
806
11,074,807
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,291
16,506,614
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
6,155
83,392,510
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
856
11,547,254
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
2,426
31,449,225
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,275
16,004,574
12 TECHNICIAN
7,072
87,445,703
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
79
1,100,824
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
572
8,741,150
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,115
16,115,713
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
99
1,135,430
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
320
5,292,315
91 OTHER
2,111
26,595,018
TOTAL
128,246
1,554,955,691


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