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MEPS HC-213F CODEBOOK
2019 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: April 28, 2021

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
173
1,430,578
-7 REFUSED
10
111,494
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,359
109,828,583
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
12
99,949
2 CHIROPRACTOR
75
1,459,140
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
24
364,126
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
7
78,205
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
15
137,128
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
246
2,814,380
7 MIDWIFE
27
160,611
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,951
19,635,661
9 OPTOMETRIST
37
430,534
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
2,343
22,288,150
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
395
4,127,385
12 PODIATRIST
51
456,419
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
184
2,562,410
14 SOCIAL WORKER
124
1,460,139
15 TECHNICIAN
5,044
54,344,416
91 OTHER
675
7,479,384
TOTAL
21,752
229,268,690


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