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MEPS HC-077G CODEBOOK
2003 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: August 15, 2005

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 58
End: 59

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
342
2,954,009
-8 DK
1,366
10,880,894
-7 REFUSED
4
32,397
-1 INAPPLICABLE
50,507
532,582,851
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,183
13,001,649
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
190
2,067,590
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,179
31,880,549
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,603
29,705,707
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
847
8,216,952
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
14,519
132,050,672
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,233
13,609,341
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
17,338
148,755,370
9 GENERAL SURGERY
1,390
14,084,505
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
249
1,661,442
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
8,278
73,907,227
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
334
3,000,586
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
10
58,686
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
8,077
84,131,103
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,773
13,587,835
16 NEUROLOGY
1,717
16,138,367
17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE
9
108,375
18 ONCOLOGY
1,792
17,680,897
19 OPTHALMOLOGY
5,546
57,594,074
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,488
46,432,319
21 OSTEOPATHY
782
8,230,225
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,500
15,160,942
23 PATHOLOGY
23
172,963
24 PEDIATRICIAN
11,179
89,900,558
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
655
5,627,669
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
308
3,279,036
27 PROCTOLOGY
68
734,576
28 PSYCHIATRY
4,746
43,784,685
29 PULMONARY
683
7,035,167
30 RADIOLOGY
369
3,909,755
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
865
8,622,262
32 THORACIC SURGERY
52
621,189
33 UROLOGY
1,316
14,659,380
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,333
55,365,184
TOTAL
154,853
1,511,226,987


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