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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-067F CODEBOOK
2002 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: September 9, 2004

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT02F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
91
671,361
-8 DK
223
1,921,900
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,486
108,229,986
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
49
346,154
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
70
617,915
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
301
2,396,683
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
82
661,451
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
100
648,995
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
242
1,529,979
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
399
3,590,800
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
575
4,076,655
9 GENERAL SURGERY
313
2,698,940
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
22
78,923
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
312
2,105,783
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
59
453,485
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
21
138,051
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
403
2,935,791
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
315
2,367,207
16 NEUROLOGY
118
1,004,017
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
21
176,509
18 ONCOLOGY
402
3,044,464
19 OPTHALMOLOGY
319
2,942,035
20 ORTHOPEDICS
531
3,486,906
21 OSTEOPATHY
8
53,868
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
230
1,843,110
23 PATHOLOGY
8
55,313
24 PEDIATRICIAN
191
1,044,328
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
140
1,220,163
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
49
379,222
27 PROCTOLOGY
19
158,483
28 PSYCHIATRY
247
1,462,584
29 PULMONARY
70
535,649
30 RADIOLOGY
378
2,775,852
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
63
338,681
32 THORACIC SURGERY
17
154,585
33 UROLOGY
170
1,526,074
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
491
3,606,816
TOTAL
20,535
161,278,717


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