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MEPS HC-160G CODEBOOK
2013 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: July 16, 2015

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 56
End: 57

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT13F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
388
3,658,848
-8 DK
1,521
11,677,066
-7 REFUSED
9
156,142
-1 INAPPLICABLE
63,473
729,461,788
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,065
12,015,118
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
156
2,050,456
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,221
38,873,749
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,366
32,811,996
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
1,329
12,687,890
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
15,497
150,513,363
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,445
16,513,526
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
14,991
140,594,830
9 GENERAL SURGERY
911
9,935,511
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
171
1,691,890
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
6,782
66,063,211
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
274
3,122,245
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
15
103,990
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,521
59,785,738
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
3,219
24,211,366
16 NEUROLOGY
1,584
17,126,152
18 ONCOLOGY
2,026
17,752,178
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
5,947
67,630,910
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,532
56,499,766
21 OSTEOPATHY
468
7,537,645
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,266
14,957,833
23 PATHOLOGY
31
247,225
24 PEDIATRICIAN
10,360
83,542,132
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
679
7,659,949
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
279
3,321,256
27 PROCTOLOGY
37
440,360
28 PSYCHIATRY
5,237
47,999,346
29 PULMONARY
816
10,155,042
30 RADIOLOGY
350
4,535,490
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
871
8,526,129
32 THORACIC SURGERY
17
242,104
33 UROLOGY
1,406
16,456,158
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
7,504
80,202,196
TOTAL
165,764
1,760,760,592


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