Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-077G CODEBOOK

2003 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER 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:	60
End:	61

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	612	6,301,881
-8 DK	336	1,609,195
-7 REFUSED	32	402,223
-1 INAPPLICABLE	104,346	978,644,137
1 CHIROPRACTOR	9,786	114,291,597
2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON	142	1,684,143
3 MIDWIFE	294	2,783,661
4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER	9,144	90,687,084
5 OPTOMETRIST	2,012	21,234,044
6 PODIATRIST	898	10,118,843
7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT	1,255	12,884,365
8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST	7,981	88,358,956
9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST	315	3,131,457
10 PSYCHOLOGIST	3,027	28,280,218
11 SOCIAL WORKER	1,608	14,077,602
12 TECHNICIAN	8,229	86,956,178
13 RECEPTIONIST/CLERK/SECRETARY	128	1,445,364
14 ACUPUNCTURIST	558	7,347,380
15 MASSAGE THERAPIST	1,153	13,400,539
16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC/HERBALIST	132	1,369,092
17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO	241	2,548,142
91 OTHER	2,624	23,670,886
TOTAL	154,853	1,511,226,987