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            | MEPS HC-085G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2004 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:    August 2, 2006 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 58 |  
            | End: | 59 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            313 |      2,850,903 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,372 |     12,433,224 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             12 |        175,645 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         52,585 |    556,561,035 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |          1,222 |     13,066,736 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            205 |      1,952,626 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,247 |     32,360,429 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,437 |     28,250,971 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |            951 |      9,361,542 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         14,320 |    132,667,715 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,412 |     14,267,402 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         17,618 |    152,351,088 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,300 |     13,208,284 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            258 |      2,410,667 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          8,262 |     73,854,980 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            302 |      2,840,310 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             22 |        196,708 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          7,555 |     78,203,994 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          1,640 |     12,880,368 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,864 |     18,001,100 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE |             14 |        155,827 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          2,157 |     21,304,795 |  
            | 19 OPTHALMOLOGY |          5,742 |     59,566,716 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,654 |     50,023,390 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            718 |      7,499,578 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,643 |     15,843,105 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             29 |        246,116 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |         10,950 |     89,417,880 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            515 |      4,313,897 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            361 |      4,350,518 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             61 |        680,646 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          4,591 |     40,298,252 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            828 |      8,862,234 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            460 |      5,546,276 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            970 |      8,598,437 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             48 |        571,749 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,452 |     16,172,766 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          5,446 |     55,617,708 |  
            | TOTAL |        157,536 |  1,546,965,619 |  
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