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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-178G CODEBOOK
2015 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2017

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT15F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
320
2,638,007
-8 DK
1,525
12,580,130
-7 REFUSED
3
46,252
-1 INAPPLICABLE
72,780
843,685,097
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
869
9,321,698
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
193
2,193,359
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
2,973
35,280,328
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,627
35,360,948
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
1,290
13,336,872
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
12,366
126,452,493
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,520
16,989,241
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
17,530
168,001,869
9 GENERAL SURGERY
771
8,762,901
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
160
1,767,848
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
6,043
58,872,794
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
374
4,416,680
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
12
246,909
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,228
58,492,290
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
2,379
20,780,519
16 NEUROLOGY
1,772
20,264,179
18 ONCOLOGY
1,825
19,566,106
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
6,240
72,244,414
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,887
60,041,470
21 OSTEOPATHY
526
6,780,748
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,334
15,862,600
23 PATHOLOGY
19
170,898
24 PEDIATRICIAN
10,248
90,491,067
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
486
6,136,852
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
281
3,878,518
27 PROCTOLOGY
37
439,340
28 PSYCHIATRY
4,822
45,996,711
29 PULMONARY
726
8,946,114
30 RADIOLOGY
448
4,955,220
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
901
8,972,030
32 THORACIC SURGERY
44
395,994
33 UROLOGY
1,462
18,301,837
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
7,367
82,894,934
TOTAL
172,388
1,885,565,269


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