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MEPS HC-178F CODEBOOK
2015 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 5, 2017

Variable Name: DRSPLTY
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 55
End: 56

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT15F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
62
571,628
-8 DK
198
1,741,759
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,641
90,788,823
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
22
125,119
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
34
496,979
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
304
3,327,739
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
65
615,901
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
82
855,805
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
353
3,690,353
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
327
3,742,267
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
799
7,792,574
9 GENERAL SURGERY
243
2,559,010
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
12
99,158
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
412
3,724,471
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
30
329,376
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
17
121,627
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
175
1,752,623
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
87
784,041
16 NEUROLOGY
133
1,772,618
18 ONCOLOGY
402
4,320,239
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
315
3,211,808
20 ORTHOPEDICS
478
5,377,734
21 OSTEOPATHY
13
138,008
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
153
2,007,011
23 PATHOLOGY
6
80,919
24 PEDIATRICIAN
300
2,193,447
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
70
695,859
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
24
506,728
27 PROCTOLOGY
12
103,631
28 PSYCHIATRY
285
2,075,825
29 PULMONARY
93
957,052
30 RADIOLOGY
197
2,447,183
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
49
384,084
32 THORACIC SURGERY
4
43,159
33 UROLOGY
131
1,663,766
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
650
6,663,910
TOTAL
14,178
157,762,236


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