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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-168F CODEBOOK
2014 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 8, 2016

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT14F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
47
398,894
-8 DK
24
343,839
-1 INAPPLICABLE
72
754,216
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,973
21,036,791
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
8,449
96,764,782
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
192
1,974,528
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
657
6,327,779
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,236
13,103,736
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
197
2,200,237
7 VISION EXAM
86
684,309
8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)
319
2,203,766
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
31
394,094
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
39
434,120
91 OTHER
1,822
21,952,478
TOTAL
15,144
168,573,571


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