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MEPS HC-152F CODEBOOK
2012 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: July 2, 2014

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT12F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
37
444,552
-8 DK
117
1,086,532
-7 REFUSED
1
3,789
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,113
67,797,902
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
16
86,359
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
9
93,001
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
257
2,370,788
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
52
461,296
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
46
416,387
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
253
2,036,838
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
301
3,480,371
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
598
5,380,534
9 GENERAL SURGERY
261
2,558,190
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
6
72,709
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
314
2,301,050
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
59
468,456
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
17
210,016
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
163
1,512,281
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
158
1,083,479
16 NEUROLOGY
95
1,056,570
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
4
12,866
18 ONCOLOGY
409
3,955,667
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
192
1,763,430
20 ORTHOPEDICS
372
4,502,288
21 OSTEOPATHY
14
101,470
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
133
1,424,845
23 PATHOLOGY
1
7,741
24 PEDIATRICIAN
166
1,056,843
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
41
285,256
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
44
603,131
27 PROCTOLOGY
20
168,442
28 PSYCHIATRY
298
3,276,453
29 PULMONARY
61
678,486
30 RADIOLOGY
154
1,713,634
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
36
286,425
32 THORACIC SURGERY
3
47,409
33 UROLOGY
141
1,725,846
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
521
6,082,591
TOTAL
11,483
120,613,925


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