1. Contact details
This data source is maintained by the following centre registered in the ENCePP inventory of research centres: IMS Health
Name of data sourceIMS LifeLink Health Plan Claims Database
Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)LifeLink Health Plan US
Name of organisation
1) Department/research groupHealth Economics and Outcomes Research
2) Organisation/affiliationIMS Consulting Group
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Massoud
First name Toussi
Address line 191 rue Jean Jaures
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityPuteaux
Postcode92800
CountryFrance
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name Massoud
First name Toussi
Address line 191 rue Jean Jaures
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityPuteaux
Postcode92800
CountryFrance
2. Description/category
Disease/case registry
Prescription event monitoring
Administrative database, e.g. claims database
Prospective studies database
3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products
Licensed Medicinal Product
Comments
Hospital data
Community / general practice data
OTC
Vaccines
3.2 ATC code (5th level)
No
3.3 Other product dictionaries
NDC (US national drug code)
3.4 Recording of indication for use
Yes
Is a coding dictionary being used? ICD-9
4. Coverage of events
Event
Dictionary
Dictionary details
Symptoms/signs
Yes
ICD-9
Diagnosis in primary care
Yes
ICD-9
Specialist diagnosis
Yes
ICD-9
Discharge diagnosis
Yes
ICD-9
Laboratory values
Yes
for database subset
Death
No
partial
Procedures
Yes
CPT-4 and HCPCS
Specific event
Description: Also, denominations for prevalence/incidence
Yes
Health plan type
5. Year of establishment
1997
6. Geographical origin of data
Non EEA/EFTA areas
North America
7. Demographical extent of data collection
Nation-wide
8. Age groups
17 years and under [Paediatrics]
preterm newborn infants
term newborn infants (0 to 27 days)
infants and toddlers (28 days to 23 months)
children (2 to 11 years)
adolescents (12 to 17 years)
18 to 45 years
46 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 75 years
76 years and over
9. Size of the source/catchment population
300,000,000
10 a. Total (cumulative) number of persons with actual data
70,000,000
10 b. Number of persons with active data collection in past calendar year
16,000,000
11. Possibility to obtain additional information on the patient
a) Clinical information from treating physician?
No
b) Questionnaire data from the patient?
No
c) Genetic information or samples?
No
12. Possibility of links to other sources of data
Yes :
Probabilistic linkage to other databases.
13. Written policy governing data access
Yes
14. Committee to evaluate requests for data access
No
15. Charge/fee for data access
Yes
Special arrangements for academic purposes:
Yes