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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT16F
-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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