National Healthcare Practitioner Malpractice Data

This is a sample of malpractice claims from the National Healthcare Practitioner Data Bank. There is information about payment amounts and the specific malpractice reason - cause for lawsuit, outcome of lawsuit, payment amount, as well as consequences of the malpractice in question (ex. death). There is also geolocation data at the city (which seems sparse) and state level. Furthermore, there is practitioner licence field - was it a dentist, RN, etc.

Shape: 898901 rows, 71columns Glossary

col_name	expansion
origyear	Year Original Report Processed
rectype_text	Record Type
licnfeld_text	Practitioner Licence Field
ptgender	Gender of Patient
ptage_text	Age of Patient
npclprpt	Practitioners Number of NPDB Clinical Privileges Reports
type_text	Type
workctry	Practitioners Work City
practnum	Practitioner Number Unique to This File
aasigyr	Year of Adverse Action Report Signed
aayear	Year of Adverse Action
aaefyear	Effective Year of Adverse Action
malyear1	Year of Act or Omission 1
algnnatr_text	Malpractice Allegation Group
alegatn1_text	Specific Malpractice Allegation 1
alegatn2_text	Specific Malpractice Allegation 2
basiscd1_text	Basis for Action 1
aaclass1_text	Adverse Action Classification 1
fundpymt_text	Fund Payment
totalpmt	Total Payment by Payer for Practitioner
outcome_text	Outcome
aalength	Adverse Action Length
payment	Payment Amount
pttype_text	Patient Type (Inpatient or Outpatient)
paytype_text	Payment a Result of Judgement or Settlement
alegatn1	Specific Malpractice Allegation 1 Code
alegatn2	Specific Malpractice Allegation 2 Code
basiscd1	Basis for Action 1 Code
basiscd2	Basis for Action 2 Code
basiscd3	Basis for Action 3 Code
basiscd4	Basis for Action 4 Code
basiscd5	Basis for Action 5 Code
aalentyp	Adverse Action Length Type
aaclass1	Adverse Action Classification 1 Code
aaclass2	Adverse Action Classification 2 Code
aaclass3	Adverse Action Classification 3 Code
aaclass4	Adverse Action Classification 4 Code
aaclass5	Adverse Action Classification 5 Code
accrrpts	Subjects Number of Accreditation Reports
rectype	Record Type Code
pyrrltns	Relationship of Paying Entity to the Practitioner Code
pyrrltns_text	Relationship of Paying Entity to the Practitioner
homestat	Practitioners Home State
outcome	Outcome Code
paytype	Payment a Result of Judgement or Settlement Code
grad	Practitioners Graduation Year Code
paynumbr_text	Single or Multi Payment
grad_text	Graduation Year of Practitioner
workstat	Practitioners Work State
npmalrpt	Practitioners Number of NPDB Malpractice Payment Reports
nppsmrpt	Profesional Society Membership Reports
reptype	Report Type Code
pttype	Patient Type (Inpatient or Outpatient) Code
nplicrpt	Practitioners Number of NPDB Licensure Reports
homectry	Practitioners Home City
npdearpt	Practitioners Number of NPDB DEA Reports
licnfeld	Practitioners Field of License Code
malyear2	Year of Act or Omission 2
reptype_text	Report Type
type	Type Code
numbprsn	Number of Payment for Practitioner
algnnatr	Malpractice Allegation Group Code
licnstat	Practitioners Licence City
paynumbr	Single or Multi Payment Code
ptage	Age of Patient Code
practage	Practitioners Age Group Code
fundpymt	State Patient Compensation - Fund Payment Code
practage_text	Practitioners Age Group
npexcrpt	Practitioners Number of NPDB Exclusion Reports
seqno	Sequence Number
serialid	Serialid

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