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. 2020 Feb 13;15(2):e0228632. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228632

Table 1. Database summary.

Data Source Coverage Data Type No. of Patients % Time, year (y)
Female Male Start End
Optum© De-Identified Clinformatics® Data Mart Database–Socio-Economic Status–(Optum) USA–commercially insured and medicare Claims—outpatient pharmacy, inpatient and outpatient medical claims, laboratory tests for a subset of the covered lives 93,423,000 54.0 56.0 2006 2018
IBM MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters Database (CCAE) USA—commercially insured patients. Claims—outpatient pharmacy, inpatient and outpatient medical claims, laboratory tests for a subset of the covered lives 142,660,000 51.2 48.8 2000 2018
IBM MarketScan® Medicare Supplemental and Coordination of Benefits Database (MDCR) USA—medicare supplemental coverage Claims—outpatient pharmacy, inpatient and outpatient medical claims, laboratory tests for a subset of the covered lives 9,964,100 55.3 44.7 2000 2018
IBM MarketScan® Multi-State Medicaid Database (MDCD) USA–Medicaid patients Claims—outpatient pharmacy, inpatient and outpatient medical claims 26,299,000 56.8 43.2 2006 2017