_dta: 1. by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 19 Nov 2015 2. Source: 2010/20100402/packages.txt 3. MAY OCCUR MULTIPLE TIMES PER LISTING SEQ NO 4. Stores packages for an individual listing. 5. The packages table includes all packages for a corresponding listing. 6. The PKGCODE field contains the last one or two digit segment of the NDC. listing_seq_no: 1. LISTING_SEQ_NO NOT NULL NUM(7) COL: 1-7 2. Linking field to LISTINGS. pkgcode: 1. PKGCODE NULL CHAR(2) COL: 9-10 2. The package code portion of NDC code. The package code is the last segment of the NDC. packsize: 1. PACKSIZE NOT NULL CHAR(25) COL: 12-36 2. The unit or number of units which make up a package. packtype: 1. PACKTYPE NOT NULL CHAR(25) COL: 38-62 2. Package type, i.e., box, bottle, vial, plastic, or glass. obs: 170,454 vars: 4 19 Nov 2015 11:02 size: 9,545,424 (_dta has notes) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- listing_seq_no long %12.0g * FDA generated unique identification number for each product pkgcode str2 %9s * The package code portion of NDC code packsize str25 %25s * The unit or number of units which make up a package packtype str25 %25s * Package type, i.e., box, bottle, vial, plastic, or glass. * indicated variables have notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: listing_seq_no pkgcode packsize packtype