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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT02F
-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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