View source for Prescription Drug Event

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'''Prescription Drug Event''' (PDE) data is used to report prescriptions covered by the (U.S.) Medicare program. There has apparently been more than one format for this, since the online field layout documentation doesn't all agree.

== Links ==
* [https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Prescription-Drug-Coverage/DrugCoverageClaimsData/Downloads/FileFormat_020806.pdf Prescription Drug Event Record Layout]
* [https://healthcaredelivery.cancer.gov/seermedicare/medicare/partd.pdf Documentation for the Prescription Drug Event Files (PDE)] 
* [https://www.cms.gov/medicare/prescription-drug-coverage/prescriptiondrugcovgenin/downloads/partdclaimsdataqa.pdf Questions and Answers on Obtaining Prescription Drug Event (PDE) Data]
* [http://www.tricast.com/the-prescription-drug-event-deconstructed/ The Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Event, Deconstructed]
* [http://resdac.umn.edu/sites/resdac.umn.edu/files/Prescription%20Drug%20Event%20(PDE)%20Data%20-%20Source%20and%20Processing%20(Slides).pdf Prescription Drug Event (PDE) Data: Source and Processing]