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MEPS H33G CODEBOOK
1999 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER 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: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
640
7,693,316
-8 DK
68
841,094
-7 REFUSED
24
215,354
-1 INAPPLICABLE
73,144
877,576,019
1 CHIROPRACTOR
5,719
76,510,085
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
57
555,157
3 MIDWIFE
207
2,261,519
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
5,573
72,613,748
5 OPTOMETRIST
1,194
15,921,325
6 PODIATRIST
281
3,635,926
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
520
6,681,302
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
3,653
45,836,817
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
549
9,251,621
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
2,197
29,387,209
11 SOCIAL WORKER
646
8,716,615
12 TECHNICIAN
3,363
44,657,452
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
105
1,282,356
91 OTHER
2,372
34,259,922
TOTAL
100,312
1,237,896,836


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