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Is Veterinary Hospital

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site’s line of business is classified as a veterinary hospital. It is a vendor-site attribute recorded under the award’s vendor details and is used to identify this specific business type in FPDS data.

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__isVeterinaryHospital
Title
Is Veterinary Hospital
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site’s line of business is classified as a veterinary hospital. It is a vendor-site attribute recorded under the award’s vendor details and is used to identify this specific business type in FPDS data.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor business type, supporting market research, socio-economic review, and spend analysis tied to healthcare or animal-care services. It can also be useful when validating whether a vendor’s reported line of business aligns with the goods or services procured.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving veterinary hospital vendors
  • Segment vendor populations by line of business
  • Support compliance or market analysis for healthcare-related procurement

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value always means false without verifying the code set
  • Using this field as a measure of award type rather than vendor classification

Query Guidance

Use direct predicates such as = 1, = 'Y', or the documented affirmative code used in your dataset, and verify the stored representation before querying. When aggregating, group by the normalized flag value and avoid joining to procurement outcomes unless the vendor classification is the analysis target.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital AS is_veterinary_hospital
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital 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.