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MEPS HC-144G CODEBOOK
2011 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: June 11, 2013

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT11F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
301
3,148,417
-8 DK
1,118
10,146,812
-7 REFUSED
3
29,736
-1 INAPPLICABLE
44,228
574,016,508
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
985
12,457,760
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
216
2,329,533
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
2,820
33,778,952
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,254
33,187,348
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
1,107
13,867,131
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
13,010
139,984,307
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,260
15,864,097
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
14,333
147,426,676
9 GENERAL SURGERY
811
9,596,132
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
190
2,074,391
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
6,241
65,386,473
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
224
3,073,809
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
27
214,870
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,379
66,260,974
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,517
12,986,674
16 NEUROLOGY
1,590
19,149,847
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
15
200,434
18 ONCOLOGY
1,956
22,540,730
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
5,108
64,386,121
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,151
54,649,777
21 OSTEOPATHY
363
5,250,477
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,307
16,575,093
23 PATHOLOGY
29
326,017
24 PEDIATRICIAN
9,816
92,376,083
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
568
6,359,028
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
227
3,020,039
27 PROCTOLOGY
42
614,502
28 PSYCHIATRY
4,355
45,199,440
29 PULMONARY
743
9,610,669
30 RADIOLOGY
429
6,640,868
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
814
9,215,022
32 THORACIC SURGERY
39
484,183
33 UROLOGY
1,174
15,407,958
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,561
70,092,907
TOTAL
134,311
1,587,929,795


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