The Physician Data Query Directory contains the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of over 20,000 physicians and organizations which are devoted to the care of cancer patients, as well as over 6,000 accredited mammography screening facilities. The information on individual physicians is gathered from the membership directories of more than 15 professional societies and associations.
The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the elevant alias, and an example for each PDQ Directory File database field.
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Label Name/Example
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ad Address [Word Indexed]
example: minneapolis.ad.
al Affiliations [Word Indexed]
example: veterans administration.al.
an Accession Number [Word and Phrase Indexed]
example 1: 002065.an.
example 2: pdqd-002065.an.
cp Contact Person** [Word Indexed]
example: smith.cp.
oc Occurrence Table
-- display only --
on Organization [Word Indexed]
{Includes synonyms, Parent Organization Name
and Suborganication Name**}
example 1: mount sinai.on.
example 2: sinai medical.on.
example 3: wayne state.on.
example 4: childrens hospital.on.
ot Organizational Type** [Word Indexed]
example: clinical oncology.ot.
pc Place to Contact* [Word Indexed]
example: washington clinic.pc.
pn Person Name [Word and Phrase Indexed]
example: smith.pn.
rt Record Type [Phrase Indexed]
example 1: organization.rt.
example 2: person.rt.
sp Medical Speciality* [Word Indexed]
example: hematology.sp.
st State
example 1: tx.st.
example 2: texas.st.
st State [Word Indexed]
example: texas.st.
[* Available for Personal Record type documents.]
[** Available for Organizational Record type documents.]
The following are the Ovid limits for the PDQ Directory File:
Personal Records Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to personal records Organizational Records Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to organizational records Medical SpecialitySentence Syntax: limit 1 to immunology
Command Syntax: ..c/pdqd Sentence Syntax: use pdqd
Accession Number PDQD-000002 Update Code 9703 Organization Division of Cancer Prevention and Control SYNONYMS: DCPC PARENT ORGANIZATIONS: NCI - Office of the Director SUBORGANIZATIONS: Early Detection and Community Oncology Program Cancer Prevention Research Program Contact Person Division of Cancer Prevention and Control National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health Address Division of Cancer Prevention and Control National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health 6030 Executive Boulevard Bethesda, MD 20892 301-496-6616
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Because use of the PDQ database for insurance reimbursement decisions is contrary to the nature of the database, which is designed as a research tool and not to reflect all possible treatment options, customers agree to not make the database available to users who wish to use it for reimbursement decision purposes.
Revised 31 March, 1997