Prescription Drug Event

File Format
Name	Prescription Drug Event
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Health and Medicine Prescription Drug Event

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

• Prescription Drug Event Record Layout
• Documentation for the Prescription Drug Event Files (PDE)
• Questions and Answers on Obtaining Prescription Drug Event (PDE) Data
• The Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Event, Deconstructed
• Prescription Drug Event (PDE) Data: Source and Processing