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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 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -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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