IBM MarketScan Research Databases
The IBM MarketScan Research Databases contain individual-level, de-identified healthcare claims data including clinical utilization, expenditures, insurance enrollment/plan benefit for inpatient, outpatient, prescription drug, and carve-out services for a large population of individuals and their dependents with employer-provided commercial insurance in the United States of America. De-identified records of more than 250 million patients are included in the database.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
>250000000 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Individuals and their dependents with employer-provided commercial insurance in the United States of America.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2010
Primary Institutions
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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