Variable name

Description

Possible values

Missing (%)

The imputed variables

PRACSIZE2

Practice size grouped into 2 groups

1, 2

3.62

PRACSIZE5

Practice size grouped into 5 groups

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

3.62

PRACSIZE20

Practice size top-coded to20

1 to 20

3.62

PRACSIZE100

Practice size: The number of physicians at the reporting location

1 to 100

3.62

CLSTAFF1

Number of clinical staff

0 to 99

8.88

The independent variable used in hot-deck imputation

REGION

Region of the physician’s interview office

1, 2, 3, 4

0

SPECR

Physician specialty

1, 3, 4, 5, ∙∙∙ , 15

0

PRIMEMP

Primary present employment code

11, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31

0