The CHOICE Institute hosts a variety of healthcare datasets which are available to the UW community under varying permission structures. A description of available datasets and access details are described below.
The Merative MarketScan® Atlas Package Databases contain longitudinal inpatient, outpatient, pharmacy claims, and insurance coverage data for patients across the U.S. who are covered by commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid plans. The inpatient and outpatient claims databases include procedure and visit level details from medical claims such as ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) medical procedure codes, dates of service, and variables describing financial expenditures. The pharmacy claims database provides details including National Drug Codes (NDC) of the drugs dispensed, dates dispensed, quantity and days’ supply, and payments made for each claim. A separate eligibility and demographics file includes additional information about each subject such as age, gender, insurance plan type, employment status and classification, geographic location, and enrollment status by month.
The Atlas package includes the following data, where the oldest year of data for each database is rolled off as new years are released:
| Database | Data Period |
| Commercial and Medicare Standard Edition Databases | 15 most recent years |
| Multi-State Medicaid Database | 15 most recent years |
| Lab Database | 15 most recent years |
| Commercial and Medicare Mortality Edition Databases | 10 most recent years |
| Health and Productivity Management (HPM) Database | 10 most recent years |
| Benefit Plan Design Database | 8 most recent years |
| Health Risk Assessment (HRA) Database | 10 most recent years |
| Dental Database | 15 most recent years |
| Interim updates of the Multi-State Medicaid Database | 2 updates, starting with the current one at the time of provisioning |
| Standard Quarterly Updates and quarterly Early View releases of the Commercial and Medicare Databases | 4 updates, starting with the current one at the time of provisioning |
| National Weights | 15 most recent years |
Contact:
Dr. Douglas Barthold barthold@uw.edu
Data availability:
Rolling (see above)
Data location:
UW Data Collaborative (UWDC) Servers
Accessibility: The data are immediately available to researchers affiliated with the following units at UW: The CLEAR Center, Urology, SORCE, Health Systems and Population Health, General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, School of Pharmacy, Foster School of Business, and the UW Tacoma School of Business.
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) DataQ version 3.1. This dataset provides basic information for all approximately 80,000 pharmacies throughout the United States including address, NPI number, license number, Medicare/Medicaid numbers, 340B status, and immunization services provided. This dataset is a one-time dataset current as of April 2022.
For use and access information, please contact Jennifer Bacci jbacci@uw.edu .