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MEPS HC-077F CODEBOOK
2003 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 15, 2005

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
51
472,055
-8 DK
256
2,179,998
-7 REFUSED
3
21,318
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,221
103,544,584
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
28
294,888
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
45
523,116
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
267
2,599,317
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
42
385,171
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
91
605,233
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
177
1,246,804
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
323
3,873,126
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
672
5,132,170
9 GENERAL SURGERY
339
3,458,583
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
14
142,932
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
288
2,191,226
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
38
410,024
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
11
56,495
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
188
1,768,475
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
328
2,426,927
16 NEUROLOGY
142
1,123,609
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
4
35,166
18 ONCOLOGY
393
4,794,276
19 OPTHALMOLOGY
246
2,291,677
20 ORTHOPEDICS
370
3,587,744
21 OSTEOPATHY
4
61,785
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
127
1,244,692
23 PATHOLOGY
7
71,318
24 PEDIATRICIAN
204
1,224,836
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
105
370,044
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
47
473,715
27 PROCTOLOGY
21
265,223
28 PSYCHIATRY
518
3,648,389
29 PULMONARY
34
322,055
30 RADIOLOGY
214
2,337,879
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
32
296,167
32 THORACIC SURGERY
9
94,746
33 UROLOGY
102
1,160,873
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
371
3,859,204
TOTAL
16,332
158,595,842


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