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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H26FF1 CODEBOOK
1998 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE
DATE: August 22, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
27
350,758
-8 DK
4
14,698
-1 INAPPLICABLE
56
715,174
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
700
8,216,820
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
5,600
67,964,680
3 EMERGENCY (E.G.,ACCIDENT OR JURY)
73
914,747
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
387
7,067,307
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
615
6,307,961
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
86
850,346
7 VISION EXAM
32
315,817
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
260
2,295,102
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
23
184,590
91 OTHER
2,609
30,946,140
TOTAL
10,472
126,144,139


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