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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-077F CODEBOOK
2003 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: August 15, 2005

Variable Name: MEDPTYPE
Description: TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 57
End: 58

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
207
1,769,239
-8 DK
43
353,730
-7 REFUSED
4
46,038
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,111
55,051,258
1 CHIROPRACTOR
15
80,523
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON
16
110,111
3 MIDWIFE
10
93,354
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER
1,492
14,189,509
5 OPTOMETRIST
10
122,090
6 PODIATRIST
11
100,537
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
51
561,582
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST
1,914
19,197,895
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
257
2,584,837
10 PSYCHOLOGIST
122
683,602
11 SOCIAL WORKER
87
357,259
12 TECHNICIAN
5,673
59,760,012
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST
10
77,866
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST
3
24,011
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO
4
48,504
91 OTHER
292
3,383,886
TOTAL
16,332
158,595,842


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