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Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality
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| Name | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
| Summary | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
| Additional Background | This database provides county-level Medicare beneficiary demographics, Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), readmission rates, and service-level costs and utilization. Standardized data removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual services i.e.. removed adjustments that Medicare makes to account for local wages or input prices. Risk-adjusted reflects costs adjusted for differences in beneficiaries’ health using a risk-adjustment model that CMS uses to pay Medicare Advantage plans. See this glossary for more definitions.
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| Geographic Coverage | U.S., States, Counties |
| Periodicity | Annually |
| Series Begins/Ends | 2007 - 2021 |
| Data Source | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| Database | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
| Summary | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
| Geographic Coverage | U.S., States, Counties |
| Series Begins/Ends | 2007 - 2021 |
| Periodicity | Annually |
| Derived From | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| New Database added | Sep. 23, 2024 |
| Estimated next update | Feb. 14, 2025 |
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This database provides county-level Medicare beneficiary demographics, Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), readmission rates, and service-level costs and utilization. Standardized data removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual services i.e.. removed adjustments that Medicare makes to account for local wages or input prices. Risk-adjusted reflects costs adjusted for differences in beneficiaries’ health using a risk-adjustment model that CMS uses to pay Medicare Advantage plans. See this glossary for more definitions.
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