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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-144G CODEBOOK
2011 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: June 11, 2013

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 PERWT11F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
2,111
22,919,800
-8 DK
273
3,224,565
-7 REFUSED
26
175,739
-1 INAPPLICABLE
90,083
1,013,913,287
1 CHIROPRACTOR
7,528
112,827,022
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
196
2,383,784
3 MIDWIFE
177
1,965,928
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
6,432
77,808,095
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,718
20,502,812
6 PODIATRIST
773
10,023,896
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,518
20,130,491
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
6,730
87,944,279
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
904
11,261,701
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
2,847
35,098,658
11 SOCIAL WORKER
1,209
15,378,946
12 TECHNICIAN
7,339
92,397,463
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
86
840,793
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
523
8,577,158
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,165
17,365,793
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
109
1,658,995
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
189
2,670,898
91 OTHER
2,375
28,859,690
TOTAL
134,311
1,587,929,795


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