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MEPS HC-206F CODEBOOK
2018 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2020

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE_M18
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VISIT DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 65
End: 66

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
131
1,306,112
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,440
96,517,595
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
21
194,983
2 CHIROPRACTOR
37
407,140
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
18
179,710
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
2
1,604
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
15
200,064
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
337
3,386,924
7 MIDWIFE
7
67,245
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,575
16,745,079
9 OPTOMETRIST
25
251,879
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
2,238
22,405,609
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
376
4,147,850
12 PODIATRIST
48
507,404
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
153
1,690,204
14 SOCIAL WORKER
125
1,527,352
15 TECHNICIAN
4,647
49,738,379
91 OTHER
443
4,163,789
TOTAL
19,638
203,438,921


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