Databases

Redbook

The comprehensive Red Book Central Product and Pricing Database includes information on over 160, 000 health care items, including prescription and over the counter pharmaceutical, chemicals used for compounding, medical devices, and supplies.

 

Source: Micromedex, Inc.

Size: 160,000 records

Years: 1993,1996

Media: CD Rom

Format: ASCII Fixed Length

RecordLength: 80

Structure: Type of drug

Complexity: Simple; can be read directly by SAS/SPSS