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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT04F
-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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