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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-144F CODEBOOK
2011 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 11, 2013

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT11F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
37
341,087
-8 DK
147
1,307,381
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,724
72,829,088
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
41
559,215
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
32
452,754
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
243
2,567,018
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
95
763,483
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
65
829,119
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
288
2,383,709
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
272
3,438,963
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
554
4,910,145
9 GENERAL SURGERY
312
3,100,082
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
6
29,310
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
348
2,972,748
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
58
638,283
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
17
140,056
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
164
1,794,931
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
193
1,265,995
16 NEUROLOGY
165
1,449,689
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
8
122,928
18 ONCOLOGY
406
3,624,729
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
237
2,684,587
20 ORTHOPEDICS
397
4,362,184
21 OSTEOPATHY
4
39,460
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
181
1,966,756
24 PEDIATRICIAN
218
1,347,517
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
73
412,599
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
26
273,154
27 PROCTOLOGY
17
263,028
28 PSYCHIATRY
287
3,411,160
29 PULMONARY
56
532,664
30 RADIOLOGY
267
3,870,770
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
10
92,060
32 THORACIC SURGERY
6
56,980
33 UROLOGY
130
1,450,523
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
459
4,537,185
TOTAL
11,543
130,821,340


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