Healthcare Intelligence: The Challenge of OLAP for Healthcare Data

Some data sources easily lend themselves to aggregation within OLAP cubes. In contrast, when attempting to apply OLAP technology to healthcare and pharmaceutical data sources, even the simplest set of data can leave you stymied. This paper demonstrates how to use SAS® Business Intelligence and PROC OLAP to create two challenging cubes: a per member per month cube from insurance claim data and a quality of care cube from patient chart data.