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MEPS HC 239F CODEBOOK
2022 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 31, 2024

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
398
4,722,805
-7 REFUSED
1
10,209
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,990
140,570,940
1 ACUPUNCTURIST
69
705,778
2 CHIROPRACTOR
50
816,998
3 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
32
591,268
4 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROVIDER
3
28,118
5 MASSAGE THERAPIST
55
553,150
6 MENTAL HLTH CNSLR/MARITAL OR FAM THERAPIST
318
4,662,221
7 MIDWIFE
79
903,961
8 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
2,676
30,996,904
9 OPTOMETRIST
27
289,512
10 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
2,927
36,748,292
11 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
461
5,779,533
12 PODIATRIST
83
985,028
13 PSYCHOLOGIST
229
2,774,654
14 SOCIAL WORKER
166
2,085,486
15 TECHNICIAN
4,018
50,931,332
91 OTHER
767
10,720,079
TOTAL
23,349
294,876,268


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