Unique ID: 2015102
| Division: | Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs |
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| Issue Date: | February 13th 2019 |
| Last modified: | February 22nd 2019 |
Cost: FREE
Health Care Satellite Account: using health records for health spending and health care prices
Using health records for health spending and health care prices
Develop spending and prices by disease for health care in the U.S.
Project Objective:
Pilot intended to go to production to supplement existing data
Project Outcomes:
Ongoing production of the Health Care Satellite Account.
Publications Comments:
See HCSA website: http://www.bea.gov/national/health_care_satellite_account.htm
Statistical Area
Project Sources
| Type Of Institution: | National statistical office |
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| Big Data Source: | Health records |
| Region: | North America |
| Country Area: | United States |
| Id Country Regional: | country |
Partnerships
| Data Providers: | Intermediary Big Data provider |
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| Other Partners: | Government institute, Research or academic institute |
Accessing Data
| Data Access Rights: | Only for this project |
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| Intermediary Comments: | We purchase a commercial data set - MarketScan Commercial Claims Database - that is a convenience sample from select companies, and Medicaid and Medicare claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
Data Coverage
| Data Coverage: | Only a portion of all data |
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| Coverage Geo Pop: | Whole country / high % of market |
| Cost Implication: | Commercial |
| Coverage Period: | Past decade and new data each year. |
Project Details
| Frequency Comments: | All of MarketScan data, but there are additional variables available. Medicare data is a 5% sample. |
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Data Quality
| Quality Framework: | Quality of output statistics |
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| Quality Aspects Evaluated: | Privacy and Security, Accessibility, Relevance, Institutional/Business Environment, Validity, Accuracy, including selectivity, Coherence, including linkability to other sources |
| Quality Framework Comments: | Compare to published survey estimates. |
| Data Quality Concerns Comments: | We are concerned about coverage and representativeness of data. |
Methodology
| Methods Used: | Traditional statistical methods |
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Technologies
| Technologies: | Spreadsheet, Other |
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| Technologies Comments: | SAS |
Other
| Income Level: | High-income |
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| Iso: | US |
| Timeframe To Produce Indicator: | NA |
| Frequency Comments: | All of MarketScan data, but there are additional variables available. Medicare data is a 5% sample. |
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