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. 2022 Jun 2;45(6):685–698. doi: 10.1007/s40264-022-01187-y

Table 1.

Data sources type, country, and data element availability

Data source Country Type Explicit observation period Inpatient diagnosis Outpatient diagnosis Inpatient measurements Outpatient measurements Outpatient drug Inpatient drug
CCAE USA Claims Available Available Available Not Available Partially available Available Not Available
Optum_Extended_DoD USA Claims Available Available Available Not Available Partially available Available Not Available
MDCD USA Claims Available Available Available Not Available Not Available Available Not Available
MDCR USA Claims Available Available Available Not Available Partially available Available Not Available
Optum_EHR USA EHR Not Available Available Partially available Available Partially available Partially available Available
CUMC USA Hospital EHR Not Available Available Partially available Available Available Partially available Available
CPRD UK GP records Available Not Available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available
Biobank_UK UK Registry Available Partially available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available
HIC Scotland Hospital EHR Available Available Available Available Available Available Not Available
IPCI Netherlands GP records Available Not Available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available
APHM France Hospital EHR Available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available Available
SIDIAP Spain EHR Available Available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available
FIMIM-IMASIS Spain Hospital EHR Available Available Partially available Available Not Available Not available Available
IQVIA_Germany Germany GP records Not Available Not Available Available Not Available Partially available Available Not Available
CC_Serbia Serbia Hospital EHR Not Available Available Available Available Available Not available Available
IQVIA_Australia Australia GP records Not Available Not Available Available Not Available Available Available Not Available
JMDC Japan Claims Available Available Available Not Available Not Available Available Available

APHM Health Data Warehouse of Assistance Publique—Hopitaux de Marseille, Biobank_UK UK Biobank, CC_Serbia University Clinical Center of Serbia, CCAE IBM® MarketScan® Commercial Claims and Encounters Database, CPRD Clinical Practice Research Datalink, CUMC Columbia University Irving Medical Center, EHR electronic health records, FIMIM-IMASIS Information System of Parc Salut Mar Barcelona, GP general practitioner, HIC Health Informatics Centre from University of Dundee, IPCI Integrated Primary Care Information, IQVIA_Australia IQVIA® Australia Longitudinal Patient Data, IQVIA_Germany IQVIA® Disease Analyser Germany, JMDC Japan Medical Data Center, MDCD IBM® MarketScan® Multi-State Medicaid Database, MDCR IBM® MarketScan® Medicare Supplemental and Coordination of Benefits Database, Optum_EHR Optum® de-identified Electronic Health Record Dataset, Optum_Extended_DoD Optum® De-Identified Clinformatics® Extended Data Mart Database—Date of death, SIDIAP Information System for Research in Primary Care