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MEPS HC-220F CODEBOOK
2020 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 24, 2022

Variable Name: DRSPLTY_M18
Description: OPAT DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 63
End: 64

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
376
4,007,112
-7 REFUSED
1
5,349
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,398
134,597,308
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
169
1,766,533
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
34
463,072
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
411
4,197,114
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
145
1,711,727
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
130
1,412,726
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
497
5,862,796
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
475
5,593,577
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
1,140
12,796,228
9 GENERAL SURGERY
455
5,418,614
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
3
26,874
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
375
4,782,634
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
61
581,282
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
329
3,700,109
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
247
2,615,646
16 NEUROLOGY
298
3,267,627
18 ONCOLOGY
874
10,034,699
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
368
3,860,262
20 ORTHOPEDICS
601
7,326,933
21 OSTEOPATHY
12
125,260
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
166
1,917,013
23 PATHOLOGY
2
17,552
24 PEDIATRICIAN
271
4,082,471
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
83
709,831
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
21
305,197
27 PROCTOLOGY
8
139,962
28 PSYCHIATRY
623
7,617,379
29 PULMONARY
122
1,272,341
30 RADIOLOGY
231
2,712,838
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
71
951,262
32 THORACIC SURGERY
3
38,620
33 UROLOGY
244
2,927,028
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
647
7,010,057
TOTAL
21,891
243,855,033


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