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MEPS HC-168G CODEBOOK
2014 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: June 3, 2016

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 56
End: 57

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT14F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
231
2,484,197
-8 DK
1,574
14,453,632
-7 REFUSED
32
796,981
-1 INAPPLICABLE
66,057
820,515,707
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
975
11,574,867
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
151
1,904,844
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,143
38,863,560
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
2,487
35,521,335
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
1,188
12,975,201
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
13,368
137,316,534
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,463
17,046,080
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
15,811
159,211,950
9 GENERAL SURGERY
785
9,383,530
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
189
2,239,195
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
6,604
63,646,759
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
327
3,796,873
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
21
288,052
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
5,089
56,461,108
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
3,036
22,166,757
16 NEUROLOGY
1,692
18,930,485
18 ONCOLOGY
1,757
20,628,094
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
6,353
76,818,387
20 ORTHOPEDICS
4,698
59,836,699
21 OSTEOPATHY
533
7,973,724
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
1,232
16,368,249
23 PATHOLOGY
58
222,128
24 PEDIATRICIAN
10,190
89,109,499
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
588
6,640,647
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
234
2,932,868
27 PROCTOLOGY
25
267,384
28 PSYCHIATRY
5,424
54,316,825
29 PULMONARY
835
9,352,127
30 RADIOLOGY
307
4,257,244
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
859
9,538,749
32 THORACIC SURGERY
29
322,466
33 UROLOGY
1,336
18,387,009
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
7,324
87,457,726
TOTAL
166,005
1,894,007,471


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