Diabetes Hypertension Hyperlipidemia Comorbidity in Allegheny County 2015-2016

De-identified population data on diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia comorbidity prevalence from three managed care organizations in Allegheny County. The dataset represents insured populations for the 2015 and 2016 calendar years. It is provided by Gateway Health Plan, Highmark Health, and UPMC.

Use Cases

• Analyze comorbidity prevalence patterns across the three represented managed care organizations (Gateway Health Plan, Highmark Health, UPMC) for 2015-2016.
• Investigate potential social determinants of health impacts on diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia rates within Allegheny County.
• Study administrative claims data limitations, such as misclassification or duplicate individuals, for disease surveillance methodology.

Strengths

• Data sourced from three major managed care organizations (Gateway Health Plan, Highmark Health, UPMC).
• Covers two full calendar years (2015 and 2016) of insured population data.
• Focuses on three specific chronic conditions (diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia) and their comorbidity.

Limitations

• Excludes uninsured individuals and those enrolled in plans not represented by the three providers.
• May contain misclassification, duplicate records, and excludes individuals who did not seek care in the past two years.
• Data was collected for administrative purposes, not surveillance, limiting its use for measuring disease prevalence trends.

Provenance

Source

Three managed care organizations: Gateway Health Plan, Highmark Health, and UPMC.

Collection Method

De-identified administrative claims data.

Time Range

2015 and 2016 calendar years.

Freshness

Data covers 2015-2016; metadata was last updated in March 2023.

Geography

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.