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Is Veterinary Hospital

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a veterinary hospital in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. In FPDS XML, it is the specific field at OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital
Title
Is Veterinary Hospital
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a veterinary hospital in the Other Transaction IDV vendor site details. In FPDS XML, it is the specific field at OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital.
Business Meaning
This field supports vendor segmentation by line of business and helps analysts identify awards involving veterinary health providers. It can be useful for market research, supplier profiling, spend analysis, and reviewing whether procurement activity aligns with specialized service categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isVeterinaryHospital
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isVeterinaryHospital' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__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 or vendors associated with veterinary hospital activity
  • Segment supplier population by healthcare-related specialty
  • Support compliance, policy, or market research analyses on vendor type

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a free-text description instead of a coded indicator
  • Interpreting a missing or zero value as proof the vendor is not a veterinary hospital without checking data completeness

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate veterinary hospital records, but first verify the local encoding for true/false values. Example pattern: WHERE isVeterinaryHospital IN ('1','Y',1,true) or equivalent for the dataset, and inspect related vendorLineOfBusiness fields when validating classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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