title: International Practitioner Data Bank: false premise, false promise.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Yessian
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016749:National Practitioner Data Bank; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States