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MEPS HC-168F CODEBOOK
2014 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: June 8, 2016

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT14F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
61
400,789
-8 DK
307
2,852,483
-7 REFUSED
1
3,511
-1 INAPPLICABLE
8,294
100,593,233
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
42
414,512
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
25
402,838
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
253
3,442,915
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
49
435,377
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
68
553,908
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
252
2,410,572
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
342
3,516,904
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
779
7,310,724
9 GENERAL SURGERY
273
2,881,934
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
14
122,929
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
394
2,882,369
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
45
503,423
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
12
170,292
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
221
1,996,261
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
397
1,372,484
16 NEUROLOGY
125
1,192,249
18 ONCOLOGY
387
3,711,286
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
290
3,048,442
20 ORTHOPEDICS
377
4,361,917
21 OSTEOPATHY
14
264,933
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
139
1,712,634
23 PATHOLOGY
7
79,872
24 PEDIATRICIAN
216
2,645,220
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
53
325,200
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
46
420,322
27 PROCTOLOGY
5
86,753
28 PSYCHIATRY
331
2,810,649
29 PULMONARY
157
2,071,930
30 RADIOLOGY
205
1,809,422
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
38
278,716
32 THORACIC SURGERY
4
32,850
33 UROLOGY
131
1,884,490
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
790
9,569,226
TOTAL
15,144
168,573,571


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