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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-094G CODEBOOK
2005 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: August 13, 2007

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 62
End: 63

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT05F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,337
12,382,184
-8 DK
252
2,510,532
-7 REFUSED
3
34,031
-1 INAPPLICABLE
101,547
988,144,144
1 CHIROPRACTOR
9,421
119,840,186
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
123
1,403,112
3 MIDWIFE
362
2,825,232
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
8,154
84,115,451
5 OPTOMETRIST
2,106
23,021,325
6 PODIATRIST
1,021
11,246,025
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
1,380
15,738,488
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
6,905
71,659,752
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
560
3,665,167
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
3,455
41,143,044
11 SOCIAL WORKER
2,026
23,887,860
12 TECHNICIAN
8,534
93,771,405
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY
83
967,252
14 ACUPUNCTURIST
525
6,192,752
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
1,355
18,372,330
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST
193
2,288,846
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
215
1,867,319
91 OTHER
3,191
30,079,964
TOTAL
152,748
1,555,156,402


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