Public Data Files

The NPDB Public Use Data File contains selected variables from medical malpractice payment and adverse licensure, clinical privileges, professional society membership, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports (adverse actions) received by the NPDB concerning physicians, dentists, and other licensed health care professionals. It also includes reports of Medicare and Medicaid exclusion actions taken by the Department of HHS Office of Inspector General. Malpractice payers, state licensing agencies, hospitals, other entities, and professional societies are required to report this data to the National Practitioner Data Bank under the provisions of Title IV of P.L. 99-660, Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. This file does not include any information that identifies individual practitioners or reporting entities. The file is designed to provide data for statistical analysis only.

This file is updated four times each year to include data as of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. The updated file is generally available within two months of the listed dates. The file currently available for download contains disclosable reports received from September 1, 1990 through December 31, 2007.

Detailed file description and format information is available through the link below.

• NPDB Public Use Data File Format Specifications

Your contact information is required for statistical purposes. This information will not be distributed to other parties. The NPDB provides the Public Use Data files in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) format and as an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. Please enter your contact information, select the desired format, and click Download File.

Name:
Position/Affiliation:
City:
State:	CHOOSE ONE FROM LIST AL Alabama AK Alaska AZ Arizona AR Arkansas CA California CO Colorado CT Connecticut DE Delaware DC District of Columbia FL Florida GA Georgia HI Hawaii ID Idaho IL Illinois IN Indiana IA Iowa KS Kansas KY Kentucky LA Louisiana ME Maine MD Maryland MA Massachusetts MI Michigan MN Minnesota MS Mississippi MO Missouri MT Montana NE Nebraska NV Nevada NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey NM New Mexico NY New York NC North Carolina ND North Dakota OH Ohio OK Oklahoma OR Oregon PA Pennsylvania RI Rhode Island SC South Carolina SD South Dakota TN Tennessee TX Texas UT Utah VT Vermont VA Virginia WA Washington WV West Virginia WI Wisconsin WY Wyoming ---Territories--- AS American Samoa FM Federated States of Micronesia GU Guam PW Palau MP Northern Marianas PR Puerto Rico VI Virgin Islands ---Military--- AE APO AE - Europe AA APO AA - Central and South America AP APO AP - Pacific
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Download Format:
SPSS Version (file size = 10MB) ASCII Version (file size = 9MB)
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