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MEPS H26FF1 CODEBOOK
1998 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE
DATE: August 22, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
252
2,309,508
-8 DK
21
255,064
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,095
45,155,067
1 CHIROPRACTOR
3
15,060
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
15
333,490
3 MIDWIFE
17
147,360
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
707
8,410,426
5 OPTOMETRIST
8
93,933
6 PODIATRIST
3
53,802
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
48
981,083
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,435
17,827,820
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
252
2,910,947
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
98
975,014
11 SOCIAL WORKER
157
2,753,746
12 TECHNICIAN
3,041
38,275,358
91 OTHER
320
5,646,461
TOTAL
10,472
126,144,139


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