Last updated on: 24/09/2013
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: Hospital Charge Detail Master-US
Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)Hospital CDM-US
Name of organisation
1) Department/research groupReal World Evidence Solutions
2) Organisation/affiliationIMS Health
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Massoud
First name Toussi
Address line 15-7 place des Pyramides
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityParis La Défense
Postcode92088
CountryFrance
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name Massoud
First name Toussi
Address line 15-7 place des Pyramides
Address line 2
Address line 3
CityParis La Défense
Postcode92088
CountryFrance
2. Description/category
Administrative database, e.g. claims database
Pharmacy dispensing database
3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products
Licensed Medicinal Product
Comments
Hospital data
3.2 ATC code (5th level)
No
3.3 Other product dictionaries
NDC code available in US
3.4 Recording of indication for use
Yes
Is a coding dictionary being used?
No
4. Coverage of events
Event
Dictionary
Dictionary details
Diagnosis in primary care
No
Specialist diagnosis
No
Discharge diagnosis
No
Death
No
Procedures
Yes
CPT/HCPCS Codes
5. Year of establishment
2001
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]
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
309,349,000
10 a. Total (cumulative) number of persons with actual data
185,000,000
10 b. Number of persons with active data collection in past calendar year
11. Possibility to obtain additional information on the patient
a) Clinical information from treating physician?
Yes
b) Questionnaire data from the patient?
No
c) Genetic information or samples?
No
12. Possibility of links to other sources of data
Yes :
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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:
No
16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years using data from this data source
ReferenceLink to web-publication
Catherine Balderston McGuiness, Jerrold Hill, Eileen Fonseca, Gregory Hess, William Hitchcock and Girishanthy Krishnarajah. The disease burden of pertussis in adults 50 years old and older in the United States: a retrospective
study (article). McGuiness et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:32
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/32
