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            | MEPS HC-197F CODEBOOK |  
            | 2017 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS |  
            | DATE:       May 7, 2019 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 55 |  
            | End: | 56 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             21 |        270,019 |  
            | -8 DK |            279 |      2,445,630 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              1 |         16,127 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          8,639 |     97,475,860 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |             35 |        281,956 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |             18 |        213,817 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |            382 |      3,539,839 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |             80 |        934,274 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |            106 |        952,443 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |            273 |      2,815,204 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |            398 |      4,296,616 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |            952 |      9,622,503 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |            416 |      4,122,069 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |             39 |        372,007 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |            349 |      4,167,291 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |             33 |        302,652 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |              5 |         45,436 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |            221 |      2,275,681 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |            117 |      1,124,942 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |            188 |      2,031,311 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |            608 |      6,598,476 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |            325 |      3,089,508 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |            634 |      7,311,415 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |             20 |        178,906 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |            148 |      1,494,263 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |              1 |         14,231 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |            219 |      2,085,524 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |             35 |        236,239 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |             33 |        382,225 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             10 |        117,416 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |            208 |      2,154,101 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |             82 |        831,205 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            151 |      2,113,458 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |             23 |        189,230 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |              2 |         10,092 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |            239 |      2,578,537 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |            488 |      4,929,614 |  
            | TOTAL |         15,778 |    171,620,113 |  
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