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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT17F
-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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