Table 1 Distribution of midwives by NPI taxonomy category according to credentials provided in the NPPES Data Dissemination file, August, 2022
From: Evaluation of a method to identify midwives in national provider identifier data
Taxonomy Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Recode Verification | Advanced Practice Midwife n = 9,933 | Midwife n = 5,658 | Lay Midwife n = 413 |
Advanced Practice Midwife | 8,729 (88.0%) | 1,963 (34.7%) | 19 (4.6%) |
Other Midwife | 22 (0.2%) | 2,380 (42.1%) | 217 (52.5%) |
Unable to Verify | 1,182 (11.9%) | 1,315 (23.2%) | 177 (42.9%) |