Strong Care
Study Number	U04_98
Background of Dataset
Purpose of the Data Set	To provide billing information of members of the Strong Care HMO for a given year that used Strong Memorial or Highland based providers.
Criteria(s) for Inclusion/Exclusion	Includes three file types: membership, claims, and diagnoses and procedures for 1998.
Age Range Included	All.
Method(s) of Data Gathering	N/A
Sampling Frame/Design	N/A
Limitation(s) of Study	N/A
Year(s) Available	1998.
Number of Observations	70,000 claims.
Unit of Observation	Claim.
Publisher(s)	Strong Care.
Contact Information/Web Address	http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/strong_care.htm
Condition of Use	This is confidential data that requires authorization from Strong Care. Use of data upon approval of request.
Contents of Database
Key Linking Variables
•Patient identifier	Yes.
•Physician identifier	Yes.
•Health facility identifier	Yes.
•Geographic identifier	Zipcode.
•Other identifier
Demographics Information
•Sex	Yes.
•Race	N/A
•Geographic location	Zipcode.
•Income	N/A
•Education	N/A
•Employment status	N/A
•Others	Gender.
Access/Utilization Information
Unit of Utilization
Source of Information
•Self reported
•Parent
•Medical provider
•Billing/encounters	Yes.
•Other source
Health Insurance Information
•Insurance status
•Insurance type	Yes: All claims are for Strong Care.
•Other information
Health Care Utilization
>Type	Claims data divided into "in-network" and "out-network" visits.
1) Outpatient
•Date of visits	Yes.
•Number of visits	Could be calculated from claims.
•Referrals information	Yes.
•Specialty visits	Yes.
•Other outpatient utilization
2) Inpatient
•Admission/discharge dates	Yes.
•Number of admissions
•Length of stay	Yes.
•Admission status (transfer, ER      admissions...etc)
•Discharge status	Yes.
•Other information
3) Emergency room
•Date of visits	Yes.
•Number of visits
•Other information
4) Pharmacy
•Date of prescription
•Drug information
•Other information
5) Other utilization
•Home care services	Yes.
•Long term care
•Other services
>Medical Codes
•CPT codes	Yes.
•ICD-9 codes	Yes.
•DRG codes	Yes.
•Other codes
Health Care Facility Information	N/A
Physician Information	N/A
Cost/Expenditure Information
•Unit of cost	Claim.
•Charges/costs/payments	Yes.
•Total	Yes.
•Allied and additional services	Yes.
•Pharmacy
•Out-of-pocket payments	Yes.
•Other information	Billing information.
Other Information
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