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The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute

Data Repository

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

DUA

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 .