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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT17F
-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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