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            | MEPS HC-094G CODEBOOK |  
            | 2005 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS |  
            | DATE:   August 13, 2007 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DRSPLTY |  
            | Description: | MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 60 |  
            | End: | 61 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            507 |      4,749,805 |  
            | -8 DK |          1,607 |     12,880,094 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              1 |         13,215 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         51,201 |    567,012,258 |  
            | 1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY |          1,149 |     12,776,696 |  
            | 2 ANESTHESIOLOGY |            155 |      1,715,951 |  
            | 3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART) |          3,063 |     29,998,429 |  
            | 4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN) |          2,353 |     28,312,061 |  
            | 5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM |            971 |      9,931,663 |  
            | 6 FAMILY PRACTICE |         14,046 |    134,194,144 |  
            | 7 GASTROENTEROLOGY |          1,286 |     14,332,944 |  
            | 8 GENERAL PRACTICE |         17,687 |    159,498,005 |  
            | 9 GENERAL SURGERY |          1,182 |     12,316,178 |  
            | 10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY) |            183 |      1,998,508 |  
            | 11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS |          7,917 |     75,809,576 |  
            | 12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD) |            268 |      2,824,863 |  
            | 13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE |             10 |         74,461 |  
            | 14 INTERNAL MEDICINE |          7,168 |     74,551,356 |  
            | 15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS) |          1,564 |     12,225,914 |  
            | 16 NEUROLOGY |          1,643 |     17,554,872 |  
            | 17 NUCLEAR MEDICINE |             10 |         92,987 |  
            | 18 ONCOLOGY |          1,903 |     20,485,221 |  
            | 19 OPHTHALMOLOGY |          5,151 |     55,909,807 |  
            | 20 ORTHOPEDICS |          4,356 |     45,205,082 |  
            | 21 OSTEOPATHY |            711 |      7,251,576 |  
            | 22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY |          1,476 |     16,182,032 |  
            | 23 PATHOLOGY |             17 |        136,610 |  
            | 24 PEDIATRICIAN |         10,875 |     91,675,565 |  
            | 25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB |            374 |      3,736,079 |  
            | 26 PLASTIC SURGERY |            349 |      4,119,042 |  
            | 27 PROCTOLOGY |             70 |        648,838 |  
            | 28 PSYCHIATRY |          4,916 |     45,455,455 |  
            | 29 PULMONARY |            747 |      7,718,913 |  
            | 30 RADIOLOGY |            326 |      3,990,557 |  
            | 31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS) |            762 |      7,214,999 |  
            | 32 THORACIC SURGERY |             53 |        605,064 |  
            | 33 UROLOGY |          1,335 |     15,467,924 |  
            | 91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY |          5,356 |     56,489,659 |  
            | TOTAL |        152,748 |  1,555,156,402 |  
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