Data Resource and Website Link
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Access Limits
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Data Access
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| Carolina Cost and Quality Initiative — BCBSNC Claims Data and NC Medicaid Claims Data. |
Access Limited to UNC-Chapel Hill Students and UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
| MarketScan® Data — Commercial Claims and Encounters and Medicare Supplemental Databases. |
Access Limited to UNC-Chapel Hill Students and UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers |
By application. In some circumstances fees are charged. |
| Medicare 20% Sample — a 20% representative sample of all Medicare beneficiaries 65 years and older with fee-for–service coverage of Medicare Parts A, B, and D. |
UNC-Chapel Hill Students and UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers. Project-specific data use agreement with CMS needed |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
| Medicaid MAX Data — MAX Medicaid data and date of death files for California, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas. |
UNC-Chapel Hill Students and UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers. Project-specific data use agreement with CMS needed. |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
| Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) — a sample of U.S. emergency department visits. |
Access limited to UNC-Chapel Hill students and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers. |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
| Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) — a sample of U.S. hospitals and all discharges from those hospitals. |
Access limited to UNC-Chapel Hill students and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers. |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
| North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data — Inpatient, Emergency Room and Ambulatory Surgery/Outpatient Hospital Data. |
Academic / Public Health Researchers only |
By application. In some circumstances fees or programming costs are charged. |
SEER-Medicare — a linked database of individuals diagnosed with 18 selected cancers who are linked to their Medicare fee-for–service claims data, including Medicare Parts
A, B, and D. |
UNC-Chapel Hill Students and UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers. Project-specific data use agreement with SEER-Medicare needed. |
By application. There may be programming costs beyond preliminary discussions and data extractions. |
