Reference Drug Program (RDP) Categories

This file contains data on all drugs included in the Reference Drug Program.

Variable Descriptions

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION
RBPCAT Reference Drug Program category
SUBCAT Reference Drug Program sub category
SHRTDESC Short description of drug
LONGDESC Long description of drug
EXCLPLAN PharmaCare plan(s) under which drug is not eligible for coverage.
UNITDAY Daily versus unit cost flag. Unit measure used for RDP pricing (U=Unit, D=Daily)
DAYPRIC RDP per day "9999.9999" in this column indicates the drug requires PharmaCare Special Authority.
UNITPRIC This field is no longer used.
EFFDATE Effective date of price.

File Layout

VARIABLE DATA
TYPE
POSITIONS
RBPCAT CHAR 1 - 4
SUBCAT CHAR 5 - 8
SHRTDESC CHAR 9 - 38
LONGDESC CHAR 39 - 88
BLANK   89
EXCLPLAN CHAR 90 - 96
BLANK   97 - 99
UNITDAY CHAR 100
BLANK   101
DAYPRIC DEC 102 - 111
UNITPRIC DEC 112 - 121
EFFDATE INTEGER 122 - 129
BLANK   130