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MEPS HC 239F CODEBOOK
2022 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 31, 2024

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
595
8,887,541
-7 REFUSED
1
12,173
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,359
154,305,328
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
640
7,823,260
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
42
319,502
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
67
948,880
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
126
1,700,807
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
158
1,913,912
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
603
7,878,557
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
569
7,180,029
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
1,025
13,573,053
9 GENERAL SURGERY
477
6,120,852
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
15
116,807
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
418
5,594,484
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
126
1,220,280
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
450
5,593,706
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
212
2,054,916
16 NEUROLOGY
315
3,818,196
18 ONCOLOGY
848
9,065,116
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
403
4,361,920
20 ORTHOPEDICS
822
10,200,026
21 OSTEOPATHY
16
222,075
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
221
3,251,683
23 PATHOLOGY
1
21,679
24 PEDIATRICIAN
241
3,693,929
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
124
1,222,495
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
58
1,153,454
27 PROCTOLOGY
7
164,565
28 PSYCHIATRY
798
10,701,417
29 PULMONARY
140
2,134,581
30 RADIOLOGY
371
5,334,364
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
76
992,208
32 THORACIC SURGERY
7
73,839
33 UROLOGY
274
2,935,957
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
744
10,284,674
TOTAL
23,349
294,876,268


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