The date the pharmacy opened at this location, as reported by the pharmacy to NCPDP.
Comments
This variable (the store open date) is missing for 72% of the pharmacies, and a default of date 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/.
This variable (the store open date) is missing for 72% of the pharmacies, and a default of date 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/.
VALUES: MMDDYYYY (e.g., 11/28/2006)
Source: NCDPD DataQ™