The IBM® MarketScan® Hospital Drug Database provides researchers with inpatient drug utilization data from hospital discharge records since 2002. This database is derived primarily from hospital billing systems from US hospitals. These data allow researchers to evaluate drug use in the inpatient and outpatient settings, including hospital use patterns, switching behavior, combination therapy and patient characteristics.
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