MarketScan Health and Productivity Management Database
- Description
MarketScan is one of the largest and longest running proprietary US claims databases used for healthcare research. The data come from a selection of large employers, health plans, and government and public organizations. The database includes de-identified, patient-level longitudinal data for nearly 300 million unique patients, using data from several domains.
The Health and Productivity Management Database is an integrated database that contains absence, short-term disability, long-term disability, and worker’s compensation experiences. This information is linkable to the medical, pharmacy, and enrollment data in the MarketScan Commercial Database for these employees.
- Publisher
- Timeframe
- 1995 - Present
- Geographic Coverage
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Access
- Restrictions
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Application Required
- Instructions
The 10 most recent years of data are available upon request from the Population Health Data Hub. Users should review the data dictionaries and include a detailed description of cohort criteria and requested data elements when submitting their request. Please allow several months for the data extraction process depending on the complexity of the request.
There are no fees to use MarketScan data for unfunded research purposes. For grant-funded research, Merative charges a fee based on award amount; for commercially-funded research, the fee is negotiated with Merative on a case-by-case basis.
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Documentation
Data dictionary and user guide
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