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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-085F CODEBOOK
2004 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 2, 2006

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT04F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
46
248,265
-8 DK
8
75,380
-1 INAPPLICABLE
37
359,592
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
1,433
12,856,151
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
9,641
95,489,264
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
95
838,304
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
555
4,953,576
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,034
9,220,911
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
153
1,343,353
7 VISION EXAM
60
489,405
8 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)
245
1,939,456
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
37
154,912
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
51
493,457
91 OTHER
2,384
22,388,097
TOTAL
15,779
150,850,123


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