Physical Location of Pharmacy Open Date

SAS Name
PHYSICAL_LOCATION_OPEN_DATE

The date the pharmacy opened at this location, as reported by the pharmacy to NCPDP.

Values: MMDDYYYY (e.g., 11/28/2006)

Source: NCDPD DataQ™

Comments

This variable (the store open date) is missing for 72% of the pharmacies, and a default date of 1/1/1990 may appear when the date was not specified; this is self-reported data from pharmacies.

Additional details regarding the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) source data are available at: http://dataq.ncpdp.org/.