Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-085F CODEBOOK

2004 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS

DATE: August 2, 2006

Variable Name:	MEDPTYPE
Description:	TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	57
End:	58

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY PERWT04F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	311	2,439,401
-8 DK	23	244,410
-1 INAPPLICABLE	5,881	53,120,952
1 CHIROPRACTOR	7	61,114
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON	17	66,037
3 MIDWIFE	18	49,586
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER	1,469	13,794,992
5 OPTOMETRIST	21	204,967
6 PODIATRIST	21	176,053
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT	68	763,983
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST	1,840	17,520,188
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST	82	940,627
10 PSYCHOLOGIST	186	1,608,996
11 SOCIAL WORKER	152	1,226,956
12 TECHNICIAN	5,372	55,640,753
14 ACUPUNCTURIST	3	66,282
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST	14	86,820
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST	10	144,351
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO	12	123,806
91 OTHER	272	2,569,849
TOTAL	15,779	150,850,123