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            | MEPS HC-206G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2018 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:       May 5, 2020 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY_M18 |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 64 |  
            | End: | 65 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK |          1,321 |     13,953,391 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              8 |         72,787 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         94,252 |  1,013,063,744 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |          1,093 |     13,133,464 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            205 |      2,688,389 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,873 |     40,637,488 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          3,319 |     39,914,304 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID |          1,278 |     14,365,512 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         12,848 |    130,011,657 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,806 |     20,486,922 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         15,315 |    162,201,514 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,387 |     14,568,732 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            110 |      1,038,053 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          5,043 |     60,550,275 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            227 |      2,442,688 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             10 |         88,961 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST) |          5,249 |     58,666,529 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          2,414 |     20,834,137 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          2,112 |     21,839,685 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER) |          2,270 |     23,852,890 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES) |          7,778 |     83,820,081 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          5,406 |     60,222,094 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY (DO) |            418 |      4,684,431 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT) |          1,616 |     18,574,415 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             34 |        292,239 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |          8,282 |     94,626,321 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            354 |      3,963,594 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            258 |      3,039,641 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             50 |        473,063 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST |          5,760 |     61,156,107 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            927 |      9,583,754 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            206 |      2,077,841 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            868 |      9,374,373 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST) |             22 |        265,521 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,682 |     18,548,556 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          5,638 |     60,766,854 |  
            | TOTAL |        193,439 |  2,085,880,007 |  
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