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            | MEPS HC-188G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2016 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE: February 20, 2019 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 56 |  
            | End: | 57 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            238 |      2,676,217 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,376 |     12,472,679 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              8 |         82,571 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         69,346 |    807,574,138 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |            830 |      9,452,012 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            202 |      2,154,993 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,122 |     35,760,175 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,539 |     35,683,164 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |          1,186 |     12,217,825 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         11,183 |    114,165,964 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,490 |     15,600,759 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         17,385 |    172,095,957 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |            845 |      9,606,646 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            144 |      1,601,920 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          5,886 |     58,584,893 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            298 |      2,950,064 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             18 |        122,938 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          5,116 |     56,621,760 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          2,208 |     16,938,584 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,887 |     20,950,925 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          1,832 |     20,159,932 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |          6,344 |     72,856,646 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,573 |     54,495,384 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            559 |      6,577,857 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,346 |     14,817,055 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             21 |        213,355 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |          9,451 |     88,517,902 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            337 |      3,210,384 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            346 |      4,754,492 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             37 |        635,828 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          4,803 |     45,691,106 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            860 |      9,634,593 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            366 |      4,719,054 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            887 |      9,141,131 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             45 |        494,726 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,336 |     15,035,295 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          6,553 |     71,155,999 |  
            | TOTAL |        165,003 |  1,809,424,924 |  
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