Guide to NBER Internal Data


Guide to NBER Internal Data


For questions about the data below, contact data@nber.org Most files here were purchased or downloaded for a particular user, and placed in a public read directory for the convenience of that user and other users. There may or may not be documentation, and in most cases no effort has been made to update files that come out periodically. Documentation varies in its level of completeness. Don't hesitate to ask for help, but be aware that curation of this space is very light, and only responsive to to the current felt need of NBER associated users.

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Studies

DirectoryDescription
mepsNCHS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
PCPricertool used to estimate Medicare PPS payments.
SSPACOShared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) PUF
apr-drgMedicare All Patient Refined (APR)-DRG system
aps-drgMedicare All-Payer Severity-adjusted DRGs
aspMedicare Part B Drug Average Sales Price
bessMedicare Part-B Carrier Summary Data File
casemixMedicare hospitals case mix indexes (CMI) for discharges
cciioCMS Health Insurance Marketplace Public Use Files
cihiDischarge Abstract Data
dbsa csa fips county crosswalkMedicare Core-Based Statistical Areas
dbsa msa fips county crosswalkMedicare Core-Based Statistical Areas
drg Historical DRG Weight File
drugpricepartbDrug Price Part B
hcfaEnd Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Renal Provider File
hcisMedicare Health Care Information System
hcpcsHealthcare Common Procedure Coding System
hedisMedicare Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
icd-10-cm-mappingsCMS Medicare Advantage Special Rate Stats Risk Adjustors and RxHCC mappings
icd10CMS ICD-9 to ICD-10 Crosswalk from CMS by medical conditions.
icdICD9 Provider Diagnostic Codes
impactCMS Impact Files
landscapeCMS Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage(kecamatan)
maxMedicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX)
mcbsCMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Access to Care
mcbspufCMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
medicareCMS Medicare public use files
mlrCMS Medicare Medical Loss Ratio Data
nadacNational Average Drug Acquisition Cost
nadaccNational Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) Comparison Data
national average drug acquisition costCMS Medicare National Average Drug Acquisition Cost
national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-comparisonCMS Medicare National Average Drug Acquisition Cost Comparison
ncqaHealthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
npdbNational Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Public Use Data File
npi2National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)
npiNational Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)
nucchealth-care-provider-taxonomy-code-set
pcpricertool used to estimate Medicare PPS payments.
plan-paymentPart C and D Plan payment data, Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS)
posProvider of Services Current Files
ppefMedicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment Data
ppsCMS HCRIS Specifications for the Home Health Agency Practical Data Set
providerchargepufCMS Medicare Provider Charge Data
psfProvider Specific File
psppPhysician Shared Patient Patterns
pspsPhysician/Supplier Procedure Summary Master File
qiAHCA/NCAL Quality Initiatives Archived Medicare Compare Data
ratebookMedicare Advantage - Rates & Statistics
risk-adjustmentCMS Risk Adjustment software model materials
rvuMedicare Fee for Service Payment/Physician Fee Schedule,PFS Relative Value Files
sduMedicaid State Drug Utilization Data
state-drug-utilizationMedicaid State Drug Utilization Data
upinUnique Physician Identification Directory
wageindexAdjusts Medicare provider payments to account for geographic area differences in hospital wage levels as compared with other hospitals nationwide
whos_icd9_icd10_translatorICD-9 <=> ICD-10 Translator
hccMedicare Advantage Special Rate Stats Risk Adjustment

Demographics

stf3f1980 Census summary tape file 3f
census/1990datamisc. 1990 Census files
census-STF3B/STF3B1990 Census summary tape file 3b
census/1970data1970 Census summary tape file 4a
census/1980data1980 Census summary tape file 3a
udbUnderclass Data Base Consistent census tracts 1970-80-90 (Updated)
underclassUnderclass Data Base Consistent census tracts 1970-80-90 (Old).
acs US Census 5-year estimates based on ACS data collected from 2005 - 2009
popBridged Vintage 2002 postcensal population file
seer-popPopulation Estimates Used in NCI's SEER*Stat Software

Firms and Enterprises

orbisORBIS data from BvD
exempt-orgsIRS form 990 data.
sddbSchool District Databook 1990
bia>Bureau of Indian Affairs School Enrollment tables
compustat96Compustat 1996
compustat97Compustat 1997
ebsEmployee benefits survey, 1991: health care benefits data.
econ-censusEconomic Census
eeecEmployers Expenditure for Employee Compensation Survey
ffiecFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council
nbprod2005NBER-CES Manufacturing Industry Database
nih-crispNIH Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
nihNIH Project Reporter
nsf-awardsNSF Awards data
tax-statsForm 990 SOI Tax Stats 2010 Charities and Other Tax Exempt Organizations Microdata Files

FDA

drugsatfdaDrugs at FDA
eobFDA Electronic Orange Book
fdaVarious FDA databases
ndc*National Drug Code
rxnormRxNorm normalized names, codes (RxCUIs), attributes, relationships, and FDA structured product label
rxnormpufRxNorm from NLM

Geography

cpe_censusU.S. Federal Census Records, 1850, 1860, 1900, 1910 (see ei)
asgAnnual Survey of Governments Finance Data
census.govs/19621962 Census of Governments
census.govs/19671967 Census of Governments
census.govs/19721972 Census of Governments
census.govs/19771977 Census of Governments
census.govs/19821982 Census of Governments
census.govs/19871987 Census of Governments
zipcode-data IRS income and deduction data by zipcode
fogICMA's (International City/County Management Association) Form of Government Data 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996
>huaHistorical Urban Ecological Data Set (Yetter, Hanss, Villarreal)
cbpCounty Business Patterns. ZIP Code Business Patterns
census-geocodes2010 Census Summary File 1
civilrightsSchool Civil Rights Survey
distancesDistances between census geographic entities
dronesFAA Drone Registration Location Data
gazetteerUS Census Gazetteer Files
hcctaComin and Hobijn, Historical Cross-Country Technology Adoption Dataset
iagIbrahim index of African Governance
keccodesIndonesian BPS subdistrict codes
maptileSelection of maps in Stata .dta format
noaaNational Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB)
pwtArchival copy of Penn-World Tables
soi-zipcodeIRS SOI income and deduction data by zipcode
ssa fips state county crosswalk CBSA, SSA county code and FIPS county code for all counties.
wbaWorld Bank Africa Enterprise Survey
who-mortalityWho Mortality Data Base
zipZipcode distance data
zipcode-dataUSPO Zipcode data

Health - Other

arfArea Resource File (county level medical data)
arfpubArea Resource File Public Use File (county level medical data)
ahaAmerican Hospital Association Survey of Hospitals
perinatalNCHS Perinatal Mortality Data File 1995 on (see births, deaths)
surgcertsSurgeons' Certificates (see ei)
nhanesNCHS Natl Health and Nutrition Exam. Survey, (NHANES III) 1988-1994
nhds/1990NCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1990
nhdsmyNCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, Multi-year: 1979-2000
nhdsmy_oldNCHS National Hospital Discharge Survey, Multi-year: 1979-1997
nhis/1994-stateNCHS National Health Interview Survey 1994
nhisNCHS National Health Interview Survey 1987-1996
nhisd NCHS NHIS on Disability Phase I & II 1994-1995
nmesNational Medical Expenditure Survey
ahrfArea Health Resoures File
ahrq Clinical Classifications Software
anfinCalifornia Hospital Annual Disclosure Report
betow>Berenson-Eggers Type of Service (BETOS)
ccsHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project HCUP
compareHospital Compare Data Archive
dartmouthatlasDartmouth Atlas
himssDorenfest Institute for Health Information Database
namcsNational Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
nchs_linked_mortalitynhanesIII linked mortality data file
nheNational Health Expenditure Data Historical
nhesNational Health Examination Surveys, (NHES I) 1959-1962.
nhhasNational Home Health Aide Survey (NHHAS)
nhhcsNational Home and Hospice Care Survey
niaaaNational Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC)
nsasNATIONAL SURVEY OF AMBULATORY SURGERY
nsduhNational Survey of Drug Use and Health
oshpdCalifornia Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
oshpdCalifornia Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Utilization
pubmedlocal copy of MEDLINE
sahieSmall Area Health Insurance Estimates for Counties and States
sapAnalysis plan for costs and benefits of health insurance
thcicTexas Health Care Information Collection Home
uscsNational Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) | CDC

Indiviual data - US

Various Army and Militia Muster Rolls, Costa and Steckel
IPUMS-98The University of Minnesota uniform PUMS. For online data extraction see http://www.ipums.org.
PUMSCensus Public Use Micro Samples, 1960 on.
aefAnnual Earnings File of the CPS (old version of morg)
census/1960data1960 Census One-in-One Hundred Sample
cwhsContinuous Work History Survey
ces_cbo1980:1-on Consumer Expenditure Survey
cpsCurrent Population Survey Supplements 1962 on
cps-basicCurrent Population Survey Basic Monthly Data 1976 on
cps-mayCurrent Population Survey May Uniform Extracts
eiEarly Indicators Data -- milpen, surgcerts, cpe-census
tax_modelIndividual Income Tax Model 1960-1991
vetsSurvey of Veterans 1979, 1987
mare_winshipUniform Extracts from the March CPS 1964-1992
milpenMilitary Pension and Medical Records 1820-1940 (see ei)
morgCPS Labor Extracts -- Merged Outgoing Rotation Groups 1979 on
irs/panelUniversity of Michigan Tax Panel
irs/tax_modelTax Model
nls_boysNLS Original Cohort YOUNG MEN
nls_men National Longitudinal Survey Original Cohort MEN
nls_oldNLS Old Cohort Database R4.0
nls_womenNational Longitudinal Surveys Mature Women
nlsy-child NLSY Mother-Child database
nlsy97 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
nls_girls NLS Young Women
nltcs National Long Term Care Survey
npsasNational Postsceondary Student Aid Study. For online or Windows data extraction see http://nces.ed.gov/das
nscgNational Survey of College Graduates (NSF, 1993)
nsfgNational SUrvey of Family Growth
psidPanel Survey of Income Dynamics. For online data extraction see thePSID Online Data Center
scf.sas1983, 1986, 1989, 1992 Survey of Consumer Finances SAS datasets
scfSurvey of Consumer Finances, 1995 on
scgSurvey of College Graduates
ssanbsSocial Security Administration New Beneficiary
census-ipumsAncestry.com versions of full Census files 1850-1940
spdSurvey of Program Dynamics.
taxsimSAS formatted versions of the tax files.
addhealthAdd Health
army_rolls
atusAmerican Time Use Survey
bymsBoston Youth Labor Market (Freeman and Katz)
ceConsumer Expenditure Survey
cens1930Ancestry.com versions of full Census files 1790-1830
cens1940Ancestry.com versions of full Census file 1940
cesConsumer Expenditure Survey
estatetaxEstate tax returns merged with income tax returns
execucompS&P Execucomp database
globsciGlobSci survey of active researchers
holt-adoptionSurvey of Holt Adoptees and Their Families 2005
lehdLongitudinal Employee History Data
mtopufMoving to Opportunity Public Use File
nls79National Longitudinal Survey 1979
psid92PSID waves 1-25
psid93PSID with supplements
seeSurvey of Economic Expectations
sippSIPP
soiIRS SOI Public Use data
spdSurvey of Program Dynamics
union-army-dataUnion Army pension records
union-armyUnion Army pension records
vets1979 and 1987 Survey of Veterans

Individual Data - non-US

islamic2002 Gallup Poll of the Islamic World
jstarJapanese Study of Aging and Retirement
nobelDatabase of Nobel Prize winners
nssNational Sample Survey (India)

International Trade and Finance

feenstra/exportRobert Feenstra's U.S. Export Data
tradeTariffs and Non-tariff Barriers by County
trainsTRAINS tariff data
ifsInternational Financial Statistics Database
tickdataForeign exchange data from Tick Data

Other

dot-db1aUS DOT DB1A and DB1B airline ticket sample
ITERATEInternational Terrorism Data
farsFatality Analysis Reporting System
bargainingEbay Bilateral Bargaining through the Lens of Big Data
cfpbConsumer Finance Protection Board
ensEconomics of National Security collect by Feldstein
epiconEpidemiological Consultation reports by DoD's USACHPPM
equifaxEquifax micro data
genderFirst Names by gender with software
holc Home Owners Loan Corporation Loan Sample
jananese_machineJapanese Machine Tool Orders from Britain
nacdaNational Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
nberhistoryNBER History Collection
neissNational Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)
triProgram Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
videosRobert Fogel videos

Macro - US

lipsey Price and Quantity Indexes and Values for U.S. Exports and Imports, 1879-1923
xriStock-Watson Experimental Coincident, Leading and Recession Indexes

Patents and Science

RPI-sci-papNBER-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scientific Papers Database
rndpanelBronwyn Hall's Research & Development Masterfile
hitsHigh-impact and transformative science (Staudt,Yu, Light et al)
productivityRobert Shiller's data for "Internet and Economy"
seestatNSF SESTAT employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers

Vital Statistics

lbidNCHS Linked Birth/Infant Death Data 1985 on(see births, deaths)
cmf_oldCompessed Mortality File (U.S. 1968-88 older tape version)
birthsBirth Data -- lbid, natality, perinatal, cpp
cmfCompessed Mortality File (U.S. 1968-88 May 2000 CD version)
deathsDeath Data -- lbid, mortality, perinatal
marrdivoNCHS Marriage and Divorce Data 1989-1995
mortalityNCHS Multiple Causes of Death Data 1968 on (see deaths)
dmfSocial Security Death Master File 2010-02-28
WHO mortalityWHO mortality
aroraannual time series of disease-caused deaths since about 1850
cmf_newCompressed Mortality Survey
divorceDivorce Data from NCHS
feta1Fetal Deaths Detail Record
imData on infant mortality and births, 1920-1945 (Norton)
linkpeLinked Birth/infant Death Data Set
marriageSample of marriages performed in the Marriage Registration Area.
natalityNatality Data from the National Center for Health Statistics
vital-statisticsVital statistics from the US National Center for Health Statistics

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