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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H33F CODEBOOK
1999 Outpatient Visits File
DATE: August 16, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
163
2,172,415
-8 DK
18
208,697
-7 REFUSED
2
33,280
-1 INAPPLICABLE
3,700
42,656,533
1 CHIROPRACTOR
34
181,032
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
7
82,310
3 MIDWIFE
8
51,721
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
880
10,045,529
5 OPTOMETRIST
21
162,967
6 PODIATRIST
1
9,502
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
42
744,736
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,310
19,070,229
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
108
1,104,599
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
61
653,272
11 SOCIAL WORKER
130
1,491,215
12 TECHNICIAN
2,710
34,585,620
91 OTHER
370
5,244,392
TOTAL
9,565
118,498,049


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