MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid Database

UID: 10778
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 Multi-State Medicaid Database contains the pooled healthcare experience of approximately seven million Medicaid enrollees from multiple states. It includes inpatient services and prescription drug claims; information on enrollment, long-term care, and other medical care; and demographic variables such as age, sex, race/ethnicity, maintenance assistance status, and Medicare eligibility. Under the agreement with the contributors to this database, no geographic variables are included.

Publisher
Timeframe
1995 - Present
Local Expert
Subject of Study
Subject Domain
Population Age
Child (2 years - 12 years)
Adolescent (13 years - 18 years)
Adult (19 years - 64 years)
Senior (65 years - 79 years)
Aged (80 years and over)
Newborn (under 1 month)
Infant (1 month - 23 months)
Keywords

Access

Restrictions
Application Required
Instructions

The 15 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.

Data Type
Study Type
Observational
PubMed Search
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Other Resources
Documentation

Data dictionary and user guide

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