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MEPS HC-077C 2003
OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES CODEBOOK
DATE: July 13, 2005

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 71
End: 95

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,532
91,507,136
ACCU-CHEK DIABETES MONITO
1
11,824
AMPLIFIED SPEAKER PHONE
1
30,009
AN ACSESS RAMP TO THE HOU
1
36,085
APRI BREATHING MONITOR
1
7,555
BACK BRACE
2
15,474
BASKET FOR WALKER
1
14,142
BATHING EQUIPMMENT
1
10,200
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
4
30,117
BLOOD TESTS
1
10,549
BRACES AND A WALKER
1
18,982
BREAST BANDAGE
1
8,194
C-PAP
1
13,826
C-PAP FOR SLEEP APNEA
1
2,092
C-PAP MACHINE
1
0
CANE
4
42,456
CANE AND BLOOD PRES MONIT
1
5,387
CANES
2
10,206
CANES/WALKER
1
7,546
CARPAL TUNNEL SPLINTS
1
14,299
CATHETER
1
9,553
CONT POSITV AIRWY PRESSUR
1
3,159
CORRECTIVE INSERTS
1
11,859
CPAP
1
12,649
CPAP BREATHING DEVICE
1
14,029
CRACHES
1
11,356
CRUTCHES
7
64,499
CRUTCHES AND CANE
1
5,343
DIABETIC EQUIPMENT
1
8,743
DIABETIC SHOES
1
9,369
DIALYSIS - BYCARB/ACID
1
8,986
DIAPERS
2
24,531
ELECTRIC SCOOTER
1
6,862
HAND THERAPY EQUIPMENT
1
18,948
HEADSET FOR PHONE
1
14,404
HEALTH CLINIC
1
13,392
HEARING AID BATTERIES
1
8,601
HEATING PAD
1
11,030
HELICOPTOR
1
10,743
HERBAL MEDICINE
1
8,359
HOMEOPAT TRACTION MACHINE
1
7,014
HOSE
1
10,511
HOSPIS
1
9,244
HOSPITAL BED
1
5,758
HOSPITAL BED AND OXYGEN A
1
8,412
HOSPTIAL BED
1
10,646
HOUSING
1
4,379
INHALER
1
8,608
IV STAND
1
4,502
KNEE BRACE
1
5,143
KNEE BRACES
1
9,904
LANCES * STRIPS
1
2,960
LIFE FLIGHT
1
17,174
LIFT CHAIR
1
4,670
MACHINE MAGNIFIED TO SEE
1
7,882
MASSAGE THERAPY
2
17,553
MASTECTOMY BRAS
1
14,938
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
1
13,751
MONITOR
1
23,428
MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR
1
13,046
MOUTH GUARD
1
8,402
MSG THERAPY
1
10,437
NEBULIZER
5
45,695
NEW WALKER
1
12,773
NURSE TO TEACH RE ASTHMA
2
12,873
ORTHOPEADIC BACI CUSHION
1
8,537
OXEGEN
1
7,645
OXYGEN
7
77,097
OXYGEN CONTAINER
1
10,434
OXYGEN EQUPMENT
1
25,830
OXYGEN TANKS
1
5,249
PACEMAKER CHECK
1
4,450
PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM
1
6,115
PORTABLE OXYGEN BOTTLE
1
3,776
PRONEB
1
5,248
PULLEYS FOR PHYSICAL THER
1
16,778
RAISED TOILET SEAT
2
25,176
RAMP
2
16,507
RAMPS
1
6,691
SCOOTER
1
23,247
SHOES
3
18,376
SLEEPING MACHINE
1
3,758
SPECIAL BRAS
1
11,937
SPLINTS FOR ARTHRITIS
1
12,557
STOCKINGS
1
12,364
SUPPORT STOCKINGS
1
16,177
TEST STRIPS
2
20,256
TRAC TUBE
1
8,491
VAPORIZER
2
19,311
WALKER
7
52,288
WALKER & CRUTCHES
1
17,357
WALKER AND SCOOTER
1
5,929
WALKING CANE
1
7,690
WHEEL CHAIR
2
16,550
WHEELCHAIR
5
29,158
WHEELCHAIR SUPPLIES
1
10,431
TOTAL
9,671
92,867,608


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