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How detailed is the information on physician specialties?
Physician specialty is not a required field in the NPDB. Therefore, this information is included in only a few reports. Although some peer-reviewed articles have examined physician specialties using NPDB data, these details are often obtained by researchers from external data sources rather than directly from the NPDB.
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