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MEPS HC 248F CODEBOOK
2023 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT VISITS
DATE: May 29, 2025

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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
317
5,126,897
-7 REFUSED
1
10,864
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,366
170,972,149
1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY
587
8,269,519
2 ANESTHESIOLOGY
56
540,031
3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)
75
1,417,726
4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)
115
1,742,915
5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
140
2,379,798
6 FAMILY PRACTICE
544
8,962,576
7 GASTROENTEROLOGY
501
8,196,598
8 GENERAL PRACTICE
900
13,397,445
9 GENERAL SURGERY
280
4,523,891
10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)
3
40,237
11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS
390
6,502,515
12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)
27
335,080
14 INTERNAL MEDICINE
277
3,966,011
15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)
87
1,429,787
16 NEUROLOGY
335
4,810,543
18 ONCOLOGY
1,021
16,151,439
19 OPHTHALMOLOGY
349
4,757,349
20 ORTHOPEDICS
736
11,026,770
21 OSTEOPATHY
23
479,528
22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
193
3,184,904
23 PATHOLOGY
5
50,290
24 PEDIATRICIAN
215
4,469,185
25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB
126
2,175,552
26 PLASTIC SURGERY
37
500,096
27 PROCTOLOGY
6
115,324
28 PSYCHIATRY
570
9,443,873
29 PULMONARY
145
1,751,361
30 RADIOLOGY
278
3,667,510
31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)
55
841,563
32 THORACIC SURGERY
3
20,614
33 UROLOGY
267
4,352,793
91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY
690
11,146,600
TOTAL
20,720
316,759,332


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