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ONC uses the SK&A Office-based Provider Database to calculate the counts of medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants at the state and count level from 2011 through 2013. These counts are grouped as a total, as well as segmented by each provider type and separately as counts of primary care providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Field<\/th>Data Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
region<\/th>Region \/\/ The region name for the data. This includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
region_code<\/th>Region Code \/\/ The abbreviation code for the region name. This includes all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
period<\/th>Time Period \/\/ Time period for the data. The first four digits correspond to the year of the data, and any other digits refer to the month of the data, beginning with “01”\/January and ending with “12”\/December.<\/td><\/tr>
state_fips<\/th>State Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) \/\/ The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the region. This is a double-digit number; if any appear as a single digit, the field should be re-coded so that all single digits have a “0”. For example, if the state FIPS appears as “1”, it should be re-coded to appear as “01”. This only applies for codes, “1” through “9”.<\/td><\/tr>
county_fips<\/th>County Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) \/\/ The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the county name. This is a three-digit number; if any appear as anything less than three digits, the field should be re-coded. For example, if the county FIPS appears as “1”, it should be re-coded to appear as “001”, and if it appears as “11”, it should be re-coded to appear as “011”.<\/td><\/tr>
fips<\/th>Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) \/\/ The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code for the region and county. Simply, the state FIPS and county FIPS are combined to create a single processing standard. This unique code applies to a unique county in a unique state. This is a five-digit number; if any appear as a four digit number, the field should be re-coded. For example, if the FIPS appears as “1001”, it should be re-coded to appear as “01001”.<\/td><\/tr>
all_providers<\/th>Total Office-based Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants \/\/ The count of all ambulatory medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_primary_care_providers<\/th>Total Office-based Primary Care Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants \/\/ The count of all primary care ambulatory medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physicians assistants in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_physicians<\/th>Total Office-based Physicians \/\/ The count of all ambulatory medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_primary_care_physicians<\/th>Total Office-based Primary Care Physicians \/\/ The count of all primary care ambulatory medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_nurse_practitioners<\/th>Total Office-based Nurse Practitioners \/\/ The count of all ambulatory nurse practitioners in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_primary_care_nurse_practitioners<\/th>Total Office-based Primary Care Nurse Practitioners \/\/ The count of all primary care ambulatory nurse practitioners in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_physician_assistants<\/th>Total Office-based Physician Assistants \/\/ The count of all ambulatory physician assistants in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr>
all_primary_care_physician_assistants<\/th>Total Office-based Primary Care Physician Assistants \/\/ The count of all primary care ambulatory physician assistants in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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