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[Agency] NIH [Project Title] DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR POST-MARKETING COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES [Institution] UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA [Amount] $500,000 [Summary] By compiling a very large, longitudinal, and current data resource of Medicaid and Medicare health insurance claims (including Part D), this project will create an important, permanent, national data infrastructure for conducting post-marketing comparative effectiveness studies, thereby providing clinicians and patients with an evidence base for selecting among alternative therapies or approaches. To demonstrate the utility of this infrastructure, this project will examine drug utilization in Medicaid enrollees, including those also enrolled in Medicare, and evaluate differing strategies for supplementation and monitoring of potassium among diuretic users in preventing 1) all-cause death and 2) sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmia, which are both serious outcomes of importance to patients, clinicians, and policy makers. [Completion/ Closing Date] 09/02/2010 [Link] link [Category] 
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