Data Sources

PHE identifies the most appropriate data sources to use for each project. In many cases, PHE uses 1 or more retrospective databases to conduct original data analysis. PHE has extensive experience with healthcare claims data representing commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid populations; electronic medical records; hospital cost and discharge data; cancer registry data; and both longitudinal and cross-sectional US and international survey databases. In addition, PHE is skilled at developing approaches to collect original data.