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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 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -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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