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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-094C 2005
OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES CODEBOOK
DATE: July 11, 2007

Variable Name: OMOTHOS
Description: OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY
Format: 25.0
Type: CHAR
Start: 73
End: 97

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT05F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,493
75,309,425
ACE BANDAGE/FOOT SUPPORT
1
9,194
AIR LIFT
1
8,086
ANKLE SPLINT
1
10,569
B/K 30-40 MMHG HOSE
1
11,216
BACK BRACE
2
19,544
BACK SUPPORT BAND
1
4,102
BANDAGES
3
22,789
BANDAGES FOR CUTS/ETC
1
10,185
BED RAILS
1
9,013
BED, LIFT,
1
2,304
BLOOD PRESSURE METER
1
10,086
BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR
3
22,870
BLOOD WORK QUEST DIAGNOST
1
0
BRACE, SYRINGS,BANDAGES
1
7,143
BREAST PUMP
1
10,601
C PATH
1
2,354
C-PAP BREATHING MASK
1
13,215
CANE
17
130,560
CANE WALKER
1
10,885
CANE/CRUCHES
1
6,025
CANES
2
9,611
CANES,WALKER
1
1,590
CARPEL TUNNEL SPLINT
1
8,817
CATHER
1
2,534
CATHETER
1
4,207
CORRECTIVE SHOES
4
40,664
CORRECTIVE SHOES/ORTHOTIC
1
5,580
COUNCELING
1
10,651
CPAP
2
16,058
CPAP-SLEEP APNEA
1
12,558
CPM MACHINE
1
12,522
CRUTCHES
1
7,891
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
1
21,870
DIALYSIS SUPPLIES
1
8,188
DOOR REPAIR FOR EQUIP FIT
1
7,152
DOPHO SHOES
1
10,193
ELASTIC WRIST BANDAGE
1
11,588
ELASTICIZED STOCKINGS
1
14,610
ELECTRIC COOLING PAD
1
0
EXERCISE BIKE
1
8,943
FEEDING BAGS AND TUBES
1
10,868
FLU SHOT
1
20,106
HEARING TEST
1
7,196
HITCH TO LIFT WHEELCHAIR
1
16,661
HOSPITAL BED
1
5,355
HOSPITAL TYPE BED
1
7,916
IV STEEL STAND POLE
1
18,846
LIFT CHAIR
4
59,940
MACHINE DEPENSES ALBERTER
1
4,859
MASK FOR SLEEP APNIA
1
15,731
MASSAGE THERAPY
2
26,244
MASSAGES
1
13,668
MEALS AND CLEANING
1
9,067
NEBULIZER
5
44,856
O2 AND EQUIP RENTAL
1
9,653
ORTHOPEDIC INSERTS
1
19,531
ORTHOPEDICS SHOES INSERTS
1
8,537
ORTHOTICS
2
25,752
OVER COUNTER MEDS
1
5,030
OXYGEN
6
91,071
OXYGEN MACHINE
1
6,786
OXYGEN, SUCTION CATHATER
1
7,069
PLASMA
1
8,398
POWER WHEEL CHAIR
1
5,607
RAIL OUTSIDE FRONT DOOR
1
3,510
RAMP FOR VAN
1
0
RASCAL SCOOTER
1
4,821
REFILL
1
5,661
ROLLING WALKER
1
7,994
ROOM VAPORIZER
1
3,009
SEEING GLASSES
1
5,817
SHOE INSERTS
1
11,462
SHOE LIFT
1
7,705
SLEEP APNEA MONITOR
1
10,694
SPEAKER FOR TV
1
8,513
SPECIAL BED
1
10,670
SPECIAL BRAS
1
4,385
SPECIAL COMPUTER EQUIP
1
32,382
SPECIAL PHONE AMP
1
14,421
SPECIAL SHOES
1
26,286
SPECIAL TAPE FOR BANDAGE
1
7,156
SPECIAL TRIKES
2
6,204
TAPE FOR CATHETERS
1
12,980
TEDS SOCKS
1
17,637
TENS ELECTRODES
1
5,958
TOILET
1
9,243
UNDER PADS
1
16,320
VAPORIZER
5
51,915
WALKER
4
23,993
WALKER SEAT
1
8,530
WALKING CANE
2
6,737
WHEELCAHIR RENTAL
1
6,737
WHEELCHAIR
4
47,787
WHEELCHAIR, WALKER
1
2,057
WRIST BRACE
1
10,889
TOTAL
7,640
76,685,616


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