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Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2019; 32(01): 054-060
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673354
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Truven Health Analytics MarketScan Databases for Clinical Research in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Audrey S. Kulaylat
1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
,
Eric W. Schaefer
2   Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
,
Evangelos Messaris
3   Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Christopher S. Hollenbeak
2   Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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08 January 2019 (online)

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Abstract

The MarketScan databases are a family of administrative claims databases that contain data on inpatient and outpatient claims, outpatient prescription claims, clinical utilization records, and healthcare expenditures. The three main databases available for use are each composed of a convenience sample for one of the following patient populations: (1) patients with employer-based health insurance from contributing employers, (2) Medicare beneficiaries who possess supplemental insurance paid by their employers, and (3) patients with Medicaid in one of eleven participating states. Eleven supplemental databases are available, which are utilized to overcome the limited clinical data available in the core MarketScan databases. There are several limitations to this database, primarily related to the fact that individuals or their family members within two of the core databases mandatorily possess some form of employer-based health insurance, which prevents the dataset from being nationally representative. Nonetheless, this database provides detailed and rigorously maintained claims data to identify healthcare utilization patterns among this cohort of patients.

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Truven MarketScan - health insurance - colorectal surgery
 

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