Population Health and Health Services Research Datasets
This guide catalogues public and private population health and health services data sets for research in population health, health services research and health equity. Includes data at the global, national, state, and local levels: https://guides.ucsf.edu/pophealthdata
Databases Containing Claims for Payment
To learn more about Medicare claims, Truven Health (IBM) MarketScan, Optum Insight, and All Payer Claims (APCDs)/Multipayer Claims (MPCDs) database: https://healthvalue.ucsf.edu/databases-containing-claims-payment
Databases Containing Claims Hospital or Emergency Room Discharge Abstracts
To learn more about Vizient or Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) administrative data: https://healthvalue.ucsf.edu/databases-containing-claims-hospital-or-emergency-room-discharge-abstracts
Databases Containing Information about Care at the University of California
To learn more about ApeX or UC ReX data: https://healthvalue.ucsf.edu/databases-containing-information-about-care-university-california
The Most Commonly Used Cancer Database in the US
To learn more about Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer database: https://healthvalue.ucsf.edu/most-commonly-used-cancer-database-us
