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

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 63
End: 64

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
616
5,949,020
-7 REFUSED
1
9,555
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,198
106,921,326
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
14
98,116
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
19
227,572
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
469
4,790,008
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
111
1,223,784
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
121
1,293,965
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
405
3,464,985
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
482
4,983,192
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
977
9,986,052
9 GENERAL SURGERY
407
4,285,480
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
13
105,457
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
382
4,409,388
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
24
211,321
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
1
7,270
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
333
3,552,333
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
313
2,426,584
16 NEUROLOGY
262
2,657,708
18 ONCOLOGY
788
8,154,764
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
413
4,061,627
20 ORTHOPEDICS
679
7,394,995
21 OSTEOPATHY
16
175,173
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
215
2,401,603
23 PATHOLOGY
3
29,457
24 PEDIATRICIAN
252
2,846,557
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
189
1,941,131
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
27
270,956
27 PROCTOLOGY
1
3,747
28 PSYCHIATRY
478
4,199,554
29 PULMONARY
99
851,865
30 RADIOLOGY
288
3,755,334
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
61
603,446
32 THORACIC SURGERY
3
30,244
33 UROLOGY
267
2,404,850
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
711
7,710,501
TOTAL
19,638
203,438,921


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