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Data File Search
Healthcare providers/populations addressed by specific, individual surveys include:
Hospital
Home Health
Home and Community Based Services
Fee-for-Service
Medicare Advantage & Part D Plan (PDP)
In-Center Hemodialysis
Nationwide Adult Medicaid
Hospice
Accountable Care Organizations
Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Merit-based Incentive Payment System quality payment program
Measures of beneficiary experience focus on the patient experience or perception rather than patient satisfaction. Focus areas…
Program:
Medicare
What does this file include? (variable highlights)
HRS data include:
Demographic and background information, including household
Physical and mental health
Cognition
Functional limitations
Employment
Disability
Health insurance
Assets and Income
Wills, including advanced directives
Linked files include:
Medicare denominator/Beneficiary Summary File (BSF)
Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims
Inpatient, MedPAR, Outpatient, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Carrier, Skilled Nursing…
Program:
Medicare
HOS variables contain the following information in a baseline survey and two-year follow-up survey:
Demographic information including primary language
Disability status
Physical and mental health status
HEDIS Effectiveness of Care measures
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
Special considerations
CMS will provide additional file specifications to researchers with approved data requests.
Information on the survey and data can be found on the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey website.
Program:
Medicare
The NHATS interview data include:
Residence
Health conditions
Housing/household
Functional status
Insurance
Labor force participation
The NHATS interview data are linked to CMS Medicare claims data for information on healthcare use.
Special considerations
The NHATS website has information on obtaining this restricted data.
Program:
Medicare