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Is Hospital

Boolean indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a hospital in the vendor line-of-business data. A value such as 1 or true means the vendor site is marked as a hospital; 0 or false means it is not. If stored as a code flag, inspect the source values to confirm the exact true/false encoding.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital
Title
Is Hospital
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital
Description
Boolean indicator showing whether the vendor site is classified as a hospital in the vendor line-of-business data. A value such as 1 or true means the vendor site is marked as a hospital; 0 or false means it is not. If stored as a code flag, inspect the source values to confirm the exact true/false encoding.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify obligations to hospital entities, which can matter for healthcare-specific sourcing, socioeconomic profiling, market segmentation, and compliance or spend analysis. It is useful when separating hospital vendors from other medical, institutional, or commercial providers.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards tied to hospital vendors
  • Segment healthcare-related procurement analyses
  • Profile vendor mix for compliance or market research

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag identifies a hospital system rather than a specific vendor site
  • Treating null or missing values as definitively false without checking source behavior

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the canonical true value used in your FPDS extract, for example WHERE isHospital = 1 or WHERE isHospital = 'Y'. Confirm the encoding first by inspecting distinct values, and handle nulls explicitly when calculating rates or counts.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital AS is_hospital
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.