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Mainstage Variable

hlsvlf

Health service: consult/outpatnt free/pd

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9276	64.33%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Free	1	3937	27.3%
Paid	2	190	1.32%
Both	3	50	0.35%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9517	63.99%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Free	1	4142	27.85%
Paid	2	215	1.45%
Both	3	50	0.34%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	9894	64.28%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Free	1	4256	27.65%
Paid	2	218	1.42%
Both	3	46	0.3%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10189	65.24%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Free	1	4133	26.46%
Paid	2	248	1.59%
Both	3	64	0.41%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10140	64.21%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Free	1	4311	27.3%
Paid	2	253	1.6%
Both	3	72	0.46%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	10564	65.06%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Free	1	4471	27.53%
Paid	2	241	1.48%
Both	3	65	0.4%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	10885	65.58%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Free	1	4485	27.02%
Paid	2	270	1.63%
Both	3	66	0.4%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	12754	67.6%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Free	1	4941	26.19%
Paid	2	295	1.56%
Both	3	69	0.37%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	24	0.15%
inapplicable	-8	10489	67.22%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Free	1	4274	27.39%
Paid	2	234	1.5%
Both	3	60	0.38%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	29	0.19%
inapplicable	-8	10651	68.18%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Free	1	4208	26.93%
Paid	2	242	1.55%
Both	3	58	0.37%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	122	1.12%
inapplicable	-8	7554	69.26%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Free	1	2668	24.46%
Paid	2	159	1.46%
Both	3	45	0.41%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	131	1.17%
inapplicable	-8	8004	71.51%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
Free	1	2503	22.36%
Paid	2	155	1.38%
Both	3	35	0.31%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	88	0.93%
inapplicable	-8	7062	74.83%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Free	1	1818	19.26%
Paid	2	143	1.52%
Both	3	26	0.28%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	8751	94.62%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
Free	1	68	0.74%
Paid	2	5	0.05%
Both	3	1	0.01%
	Total	9249	100.0%

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