title: A unique researcher identifier for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
authors.affiliation: Department of Government, Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. dcarpenter@gov.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joffe
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D030881:Disclosure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004345:Drug Industry; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008490:Medical Informatics; D010820:Physicians; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States