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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H33E CODEBOOK
1999 Emergency Room Visits File
DATE: July 12, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 67
End: 68

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
10
60,477
-8 DK
3
32,292
1 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
1,852
20,875,805
2 EMERGENCY (ACCIDNT/INJURY)
1,800
20,594,536
3 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MH COUNSELING
11
124,798
4 FOLLOW-UP/POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
60
611,561
5 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
1
6,657
6 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
48
433,147
91 OTHER
50
584,283
TOTAL
3,835
43,323,557


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