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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-178F CODEBOOK
2015 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2017

Variable Name: VSTCTGRY
Description: BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 59
End: 60

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT15F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
29
284,316
-8 DK
19
193,969
-1 INAPPLICABLE
74
905,738
1 GENERAL CHECKUP
2,252
21,746,456
2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT
7,456
90,173,847
3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)
148
1,707,426
4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
732
4,798,731
5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT
1,252
13,614,824
6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS
188
2,120,969
7 VISION EXAM
87
796,263
8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)
260
2,483,891
9 WELL CHILD EXAM
39
396,215
10 LASER EYE SURGERY
37
312,192
91 OTHER
1,605
18,227,399
TOTAL
14,178
157,762,236


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