_dta:
  1.  by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 14 Dec 2017
  2.  NBER URL: www.nber.org/data/npi.html
  3.  Source Page: http://download.cms.gov/nppes/NPI_Files.html
  4.  Source File URL:
      download.cms.gov/nppes/NPPES_Data_Dissemination_Dec_2017.zip
  5.  Source Text File: npidata_20050523-20171210.csv*

  obs:        17,491                          
 vars:             2                          15 Dec 2017 09:50
 size:     1,539,208                          (_dta has notes)
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              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
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npi             str10   %10s                  National Provider Identifier
                                                (NPI)
othpidiss11     str78   %78s                  Other Provider Identifier Issuer
                                                11
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Sorted by: npi