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MEPS HC 254F CODEBOOK
2024 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: April 29, 2026

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 63
End: 64

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
348
5,407,130
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,862
178,552,237
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
687
9,740,707
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
19
250,741
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
35
520,329
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
132
2,005,393
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
326
4,687,174
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
483
8,678,723
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
600
8,949,657
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
844
13,569,861
9 GENERAL SURGERY
410
6,015,034
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
4
23,825
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
395
7,796,662
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
41
756,375
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
1
8,513
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
327
4,944,465
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
215
2,704,825
16 NEUROLOGY
357
5,549,702
18 ONCOLOGY
866
14,740,380
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
460
6,568,247
20 ORTHOPEDICS
857
12,888,146
21 OSTEOPATHY
4
38,136
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
193
3,135,410
23 PATHOLOGY
5
57,837
24 PEDIATRICIAN
158
3,448,634
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
155
2,270,053
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
38
573,167
27 PROCTOLOGY
3
24,485
28 PSYCHIATRY
667
11,268,751
29 PULMONARY
127
1,901,692
30 RADIOLOGY
382
5,965,531
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
64
1,419,867
32 THORACIC SURGERY
3
41,415
33 UROLOGY
325
4,805,884
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
757
10,651,632
TOTAL
22,150
339,960,621


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