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MEPS HC-220G CODEBOOK
2020 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: May 24, 2022

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 64
End: 65

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
1,783
19,626,157
-7 REFUSED
5
52,743
-1 INAPPLICABLE
84,986
1,052,495,704
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
821
11,810,956
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
172
2,027,508
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,369
37,953,925
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,901
37,904,858
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID
1,133
13,866,293
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
8,927
105,450,851
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,259
15,522,733
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
11,678
134,879,585
9 GENERAL SURGERY
1,011
11,274,351
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
70
606,055
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
3,450
45,257,352
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
247
3,025,113
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
2
15,362
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST)
4,551
55,107,949
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
2,180
18,679,784
16 NEUROLOGY
1,621
20,322,093
18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER)
1,973
22,197,357
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES)
6,134
71,398,561
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,109
50,733,032
21 OSTEOPATHY (DO)
366
4,856,206
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT)
1,308
17,091,664
23 PATHOLOGY
29
298,794
24 PEDIATRICIAN
4,794
72,501,031
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
284
2,850,814
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
185
2,327,068
27 PROCTOLOGY
56
438,534
28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST
4,992
59,104,387
29 PULMONARY
664
6,567,285
30 RADIOLOGY
168
2,298,883
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
731
8,374,552
32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST)
15
184,392
33 UROLOGY
1,258
14,584,260
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,402
64,560,977
TOTAL
162,634
1,986,247,168


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