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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT04F
-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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