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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-188G CODEBOOK
2016 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: February 20, 2019

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT16F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,450
14,290,796
-8 DK
443
4,983,994
-7 REFUSED
26
185,822
-1 INAPPLICABLE
95,657
1,001,850,786
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,990
125,963,393
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
228
2,518,241
3 MIDWIFE
285
3,574,144
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
11,464
132,051,500
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,437
28,165,293
6 PODIATRIST
1,304
14,926,758
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
2,654
35,831,173
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
11,001
127,501,524
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
1,369
16,173,678
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
4,731
54,301,210
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,449
25,865,161
12 TECHNICIAN
10,451
114,886,031
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
118
1,419,387
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
1,121
11,698,272
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
2,142
28,760,474
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
180
2,385,845
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
482
5,028,817
91 OTHER
5,021
57,062,627
TOTAL
165,003
1,809,424,924


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