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            | MEPS HC-197G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2017 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:       May 7, 2019 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 56 |  
            | End: | 57 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            114 |      1,183,167 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,253 |     11,386,274 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              5 |         33,484 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         75,564 |    856,733,836 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |            950 |     13,155,954 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            209 |      2,675,869 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,358 |     36,252,939 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,718 |     35,637,921 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |          1,146 |     12,986,317 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         11,597 |    119,126,146 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,575 |     16,303,716 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         16,300 |    169,957,766 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,007 |     10,017,405 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            149 |      1,427,496 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          5,050 |     55,197,745 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            269 |      2,959,375 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |              8 |        107,898 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          4,768 |     53,881,761 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          1,950 |     15,858,988 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,894 |     20,144,572 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          2,098 |     20,658,551 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |          6,793 |     76,466,142 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,770 |     57,462,668 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            500 |      5,587,718 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,398 |     16,242,265 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             62 |        415,734 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |          8,660 |     90,303,208 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            512 |      6,444,037 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            230 |      2,596,527 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             44 |        506,384 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          5,626 |     56,078,797 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            892 |      9,776,734 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            318 |      4,024,390 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            853 |      9,559,803 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             43 |        496,610 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,459 |     16,514,462 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          6,349 |     70,398,928 |  
            | TOTAL |        170,491 |  1,878,561,585 |  
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