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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-197F CODEBOOK
2017 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 7, 2019

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT17F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
236
2,584,112
-8 DK
113
839,916
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,139
74,144,253
1 CHIROPRACTOR
22
210,207
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
14
105,996
3 MIDWIFE
6
51,525
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,724
19,575,158
5 OPTOMETRIST
17
193,192
6 PODIATRIST
21
175,730
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
212
2,542,840
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,620
18,499,282
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
30
319,173
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
208
2,181,323
11 SOCIAL WORKER
130
1,945,929
12 TECHNICIAN
3,821
44,037,339
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
11
108,192
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
23
211,822
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
3
46,217
91 OTHER
428
3,847,910
TOTAL
15,778
171,620,113


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