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            | MEPS HC-067G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2002 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:September 10, 2004 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 58 |  
            | End: | 59 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 377 | 3,049,604 |  
            | -8 DK | 1,512 | 11,176,673 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 2 | 16,453 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 57,107 | 505,517,254 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY | 1,390 | 13,520,319 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY | 170 | 1,625,092 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) | 3,512 | 29,747,742 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) | 3,246 | 30,624,491 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM | 1,123 | 9,308,703 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE | 16,642 | 127,764,118 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY | 1,490 | 12,322,564 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE | 20,924 | 158,698,211 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY | 1,653 | 14,221,857 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) | 183 | 1,682,710 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS | 9,312 | 71,291,322 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) | 411 | 3,199,752 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE | 26 | 204,167 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE | 9,369 | 81,933,939 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) | 1,940 | 11,707,900 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY | 1,784 | 15,522,373 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 16 | 94,577 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY | 2,527 | 20,243,602 |  
            | 19 OPTHALMOLOGY | 6,614 | 58,470,623 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS | 5,400 | 46,612,491 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY | 720 | 6,782,264 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY | 1,805 | 15,421,379 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY | 28 | 235,417 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN | 12,647 | 90,355,782 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB | 695 | 5,145,594 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY | 447 | 3,982,280 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY | 77 | 725,423 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY | 5,731 | 46,524,368 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY | 855 | 6,908,512 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY | 442 | 4,427,188 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) | 881 | 7,494,193 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY | 81 | 622,594 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY | 1,679 | 14,544,116 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY | 6,927 | 61,349,175 |  
            | TOTAL | 179,745 | 1,493,074,820 |  
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