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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H51F CODEBOOK
2000 OUTPATIENT VISITS FILE
DATE: August 16, 2005

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 61

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT00F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
137
1,435,058
-8 DK
3
27,676
-1 INAPPLICABLE
24
274,824
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
759
8,249,434
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
6,290
72,618,699
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
53
675,714
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
388
5,295,374
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
903
11,298,060
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
201
2,182,756
7 VISION EXAM
44
506,846
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
182
1,652,665
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
12
121,579
91 OTHER
2,232
26,721,184
TOTAL
11,228
131,059,870


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