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MEPS HC-152G CODEBOOK
2012 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: July 2, 2014

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT12F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
229
2,055,566
-8 DK
1,175
10,253,445
-7 REFUSED
5
107,866
-1 INAPPLICABLE
49,118
601,385,240
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,105
12,736,710
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
181
3,145,422
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,133
37,557,350
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,463
34,510,251
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
1,185
12,206,885
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
14,417
145,495,895
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,422
16,376,028
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
14,539
136,105,798
9 GENERAL SURGERY
987
10,835,703
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
146
1,516,602
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
6,516
63,140,548
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
265
2,756,130
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
46
735,377
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,483
60,515,278
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
2,153
15,995,944
16 NEUROLOGY
1,666
18,309,420
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
9
116,448
18 ONCOLOGY
2,087
23,185,733
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
5,330
61,343,668
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,293
52,743,645
21 OSTEOPATHY
395
4,570,782
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,268
15,397,272
23 PATHOLOGY
27
266,455
24 PEDIATRICIAN
10,161
85,163,867
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
534
5,569,056
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
233
3,128,335
27 PROCTOLOGY
50
543,067
28 PSYCHIATRY
5,151
53,502,631
29 PULMONARY
737
9,499,266
30 RADIOLOGY
299
3,103,840
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
868
9,117,248
32 THORACIC SURGERY
34
436,724
33 UROLOGY
1,240
16,020,457
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,805
69,047,095
TOTAL
144,755
1,598,497,046


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