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Is Hospital

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a hospital in the vendor line-of-business details for an Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/true value indicates the site is identified as a hospital.

Family: Other Transaction 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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital
Title
Is Hospital
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a hospital in the vendor line-of-business details for an Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/true value indicates the site is identified as a hospital.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment award activity by provider type, which can matter for healthcare-related procurement, market analysis, and compliance review. It can also support identification of awards involving hospital entities versus other commercial or institutional vendors.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isHospital
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isHospital' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 involving hospitals
  • Segment vendor populations by healthcare provider type
  • Support compliance or policy analysis for medical-sector transactions

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset's actual coding pattern
  • Using this field as a count or ranking measure instead of a flag

Query Guidance

Use explicit predicates such as = 1, = 'Y', or the observed true code in the dataset, after confirming the encoding. For analysis, group by the flag to compare hospital versus non-hospital vendor sites, and avoid NULLs being treated as false unless that is intended.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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