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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-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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