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MEPS HC-213G CODEBOOK
2019 OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS
DATE: April 28, 2021

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 64
End: 65

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
1,477
15,874,787
-1 INAPPLICABLE
96,133
1,095,266,218
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
1,083
13,865,632
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
161
1,831,258
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
3,912
42,112,608
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
3,481
41,645,741
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM (DIABETES, THYROID
1,186
13,372,593
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
11,451
125,326,270
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
1,606
18,391,965
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
14,403
155,245,409
9 GENERAL SURGERY
1,241
13,372,926
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
168
1,835,539
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
4,329
55,305,052
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
236
2,619,160
13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE
6
88,239
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE (INTERNIST)
5,102
56,940,347
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
1,855
14,534,290
16 NEUROLOGY
1,769
19,308,788
18 ONCOLOGY (TUMORS, CANCER)
2,579
27,372,078
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY (EYES)
7,365
81,094,075
20 ORTHOPEDICS
5,355
57,471,065
21 OSTEOPATHY (DO)
486
5,620,084
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY (EAR, NOSE, THROAT)
1,391
16,409,708
23 PATHOLOGY
4
51,689
24 PEDIATRICIAN
6,966
88,097,438
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
547
6,378,970
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
245
2,982,395
27 PROCTOLOGY
21
225,655
28 PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHIATRIST
5,375
60,812,112
29 PULMONARY
885
9,179,200
30 RADIOLOGY
252
2,743,626
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
793
8,863,618
32 THORACIC SURGERY (CHEST)
24
305,383
33 UROLOGY
1,630
17,906,345
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
5,265
57,885,085
TOTAL
188,782
2,130,335,349


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