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MEPS HC-188F CODEBOOK
2016 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: February 20, 2019

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT16F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
23
274,278
-8 DK
179
1,670,132
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,505
89,759,161
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
22
253,023
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
24
316,104
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
325
3,570,931
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
74
805,989
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
46
396,355
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
274
2,804,383
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
335
3,948,955
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
866
8,741,896
9 GENERAL SURGERY
301
3,419,595
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
14
163,744
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
422
3,468,927
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
71
1,206,197
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
5
65,000
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
219
2,418,372
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
205
1,767,638
16 NEUROLOGY
148
1,459,273
18 ONCOLOGY
319
4,208,218
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
248
2,491,844
20 ORTHOPEDICS
516
5,990,857
21 OSTEOPATHY
23
301,189
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
145
1,653,750
23 PATHOLOGY
4
48,727
24 PEDIATRICIAN
284
2,195,354
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
72
673,132
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
26
358,444
27 PROCTOLOGY
12
139,964
28 PSYCHIATRY
155
1,066,221
29 PULMONARY
69
636,115
30 RADIOLOGY
208
2,495,503
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
29
229,674
32 THORACIC SURGERY
9
163,996
33 UROLOGY
141
1,541,837
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
515
5,189,962
TOTAL
13,833
155,894,739


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