MarketScan

Collected By: Medstat

Sample Coverage and Dataset Characteristics: Fully integrated, de-identified, individual-level healthcare claims data.

Key Variables: Commercial claims and encounters , including topline prevalence, cost, demographic, clinical and utilization statistics; counts and demographic, clinical and utilization statistics for selected samples of patients; diagnosis and procedure volumes for inpatient care and outpatient settings.

Documentation: http://www.medstatmarketscan.com/

Indicative Studies/Presentations: Figueroa, R., Harman, J., Engberg, J. (2004). Use of Claims Data to Examine the Impact of Length of Inpatient Psychiatric Stay on Readmission Rate. Psychiatr Serv, 55, 560-565.