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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-152F CODEBOOK
2012 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: July 2, 2014

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 61
End: 62

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT12F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
175
1,790,838
-8 DK
17
133,295
-1 INAPPLICABLE
59
506,320
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,480
14,729,861
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
6,411
69,265,294
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
102
998,464
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
469
3,857,776
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,025
10,475,504
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
93
854,494
7 VISION EXAM
44
318,089
8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)
181
1,567,766
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
20
131,209
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
21
212,802
91 OTHER
1,386
15,772,214
TOTAL
11,483
120,613,925


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