Prescription Drug Event (PDE) Data: Source and Processing

This video is one segment in a series of videos from ResDAC’s Introduction to the Use of Medicare Part D Data for Research.

This presentation begins with a discussion of the difference between a claim and a Part D "event" record. This presentation further reviews how the Part D data are processed, what systems CMS maintains for the event data, the Part D data sources, and a brief review of the Part D Event data file variables that are available to researchers.