Provider Data

By default, the project contains provider facilities for the entire United States in the src/main/resources/providers/*.csv files which have been post-processed from publicly available data from CMS.

Currently the provider files in use are hospitals, veterans, primarycare, and urgentcare

You can modify provider files or have Synthea use alternative provider files by altering the src/main/resources/synthea.properties file:

# Providers
generate.providers.hospitals.default_file = providers/hospitals.csv
generate.providers.longterm.default_file = providers/longterm.csv
generate.providers.nursing.default_file = providers/nursing.csv
generate.providers.rehab.default_file = providers/rehab.csv
generate.providers.hospice.default_file = providers/hospice.csv
generate.providers.dialysis.default_file = providers/dialysis.csv
generate.providers.homehealth.default_file = providers/home_health_agencies.csv
generate.providers.veterans.default_file = providers/va_facilities.csv
generate.providers.urgentcare.default_file = providers/urgent_care_facilities.csv
generate.providers.primarycare.default_file = providers/primary_care_facilities.csv

If you modify or replace the Demographics file or Zip or Postal Codes file then it is very likely you'll need to modify or replace the hospitals.csv provider file with hospitals relevant to the geographic locations (e.g. latitude and longitude).

Hospitals File Format

The hospitals file is a CSV file, with a single row for each hospital.

Column Header	Description
	The first column has no header. It is the number of the hospital. The program ignores this column.
id	This the identifier assigned by CMS, but in other countries, this can just be a unique identifier.
name	The name of the hospital.
address	The street address.
city	The city.
state	The state abbreviation (or province or territory).
zip	The zip or postal code.
county	The county. The program ignores this column.
phone	The hospital or facility phone number.
type	The type of hospital. Free text string. Currently, only the string "VA Facility" has any meaning, which specifies a facility dedicated to military veterans.
ownership	Free-text. Something like Government or Voluntary non-profit or Proprietary. Currently unused.
emergency	Yes indicates the presence of an Emergency Room (ER) or Emergency Department (ED), and No does not.
quality	Quality score from 1 - 5. Currently does nothing, but may eventually be used to effect that quality of care delivered.
LAT	Latitude
LON	Longitude

LAT and LON are used to select which facilities patients choose from when seeking care.

Example for Hospital in the United Kingdom

,id,name,address,city,state,zip,county,phone,type,ownership,emergency,quality,LAT,LON
0,010001,Royal Shrewsbury Hospital,Mytton Oak Rd,Shrewsbury,WMS,SY3 8XQ,Shropshire,01743261000,NHS Teaching Hospital,Government - Hospital District or Authority,Yes,5,52.7091,-2.7931