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            | MEPS HC-085F CODEBOOK |  
            | 2004 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS |  
            | DATE:    August 2, 2006 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 55 |  
            | End: | 56 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             40 |        371,650 |  
            | -8 DK |            196 |      1,666,282 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          9,898 |     97,729,171 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |             11 |         90,887 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |             43 |        514,534 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |            243 |      2,583,259 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |             40 |        412,968 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |             46 |        357,315 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |            158 |      1,238,447 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |            341 |      3,603,832 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |            783 |      5,163,430 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |            260 |      2,523,205 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |              8 |         69,034 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |            345 |      2,487,858 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |             48 |        293,706 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             24 |        232,920 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |            220 |      2,189,430 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |            204 |      1,757,995 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |            159 |      1,454,442 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE |              2 |         18,180 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |            367 |      5,250,987 |  
            | 19 OPTHALMOLOGY |            272 |      2,373,721 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |            370 |      3,420,920 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |              6 |         39,973 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |            176 |      1,610,407 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |              7 |         62,162 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |            222 |      1,189,532 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |             74 |        633,878 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |             33 |        429,016 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             20 |        177,031 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |            356 |      2,534,738 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |             43 |        447,619 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            243 |      2,459,980 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |             28 |        232,843 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |              5 |         46,926 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |            130 |      1,694,002 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |            358 |      3,487,842 |  
            | TOTAL |         15,779 |    150,850,123 |  
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