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MEPS HC-160F CODEBOOK
2013 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: July 16, 2015

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT13F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
381
2,965,918
-8 DK
62
523,197
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,030
56,378,865
1 CHIROPRACTOR
6
109,208
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
9
83,039
3 MIDWIFE
12
58,924
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,034
11,038,427
5 OPTOMETRIST
13
142,865
6 PODIATRIST
23
305,960
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
59
772,603
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,050
12,558,767
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
184
993,656
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
61
639,764
11 SOCIAL WORKER
37
837,542
12 TECHNICIAN
3,862
46,597,895
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
15
203,540
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
11
91,006
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST
1
15,269
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
9
37,044
91 OTHER
286
3,659,919
TOTAL
13,145
138,013,411


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