Medicare Utilization Indicators by Geographic Variation

**Overview**
This data package contains the Geographic Variation Public Use File serve as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area for the population covered by Medicare. This dataset incorporates Hospital Referral Region (HRR) level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for all ages, ages 18 to 65 and above 65 years by state and national level.

**Description**
This data package contains the dataset includes state and county level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data. The data was collected from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse, which contains 100 percent of Medicare claims for beneficiaries who are enrolled in the fee-for-service (FFS) program as well as enrollment and eligibility data and facilitates analyzing differences in cost and/or utilization for the settings inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, multiple post-acute care settings, hospice, physicians, laboratories and suppliers of durable medical equipment. The dataset incorporates measures on Prevention Quality Indicators of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, that includes hospital admission rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.

**Benefits**
- Useful to researchers and analysts who seek to compare, understand and find useful information about the geographical variations of medicare beneficiaries demographics, healthcare services utilization and quality. useful to public health specialists and specialized institutions to evaluate the type of beneficiaries and the demand for and quality of the healthcare services covered by medicare. the fields descriptions along with the dataset description are again useful for the user to quickly understand the data and the dataset.

**License Information**
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**Included Datasets**
- [Medicare Cost Adults With Utilization And Quality Indicators by HRR](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-adults-with-utilization-and-quality-indicators-by-hrr)
- This dataset shows the Geographic Variation Public Use File that serves as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare. This dataset incorporates hospital referral region (HRR) level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for ages 18 to 65.
- [Medicare Cost Adults With Utilization And Quality Indicators by State](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-adults-with-utilization-and-quality-indicators-by-state)
- This dataset contains State data for Medicare beneficiaries of ages 18-65 years old. The dataset includes state and county level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for all ages. The Geographic Variation Public Use File serve as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare.
- [Medicare Cost All Beneficiaries Utilization Quality Indicators State](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-all-beneficiaries-utilization-quality-indicators-state)
- This dataset contains State data for all Medicare beneficiaries regardless of age. The dataset includes state and county level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for all ages. The Geographic Variation Public Use File serve as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare.
- [Medicare Cost All Beneficiaries Utilization Quality Indicators by HRR](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-all-beneficiaries-utilization-quality-indicators-by-hrr)
- This dataset shows the Geographic Variation Public Use File that serves as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare. This dataset incorporates hospital referral region (HRR) level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for all beneficiaries regardless of age.
- [Medicare Cost Geriatric With Utilization And Quality Indicators State](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-geriatric-with-utilization-and-quality-indicators-state)
- This dataset contains State data for Medicare beneficiaries of 65 years or older. The dataset includes state and county level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for all ages. The Geographic Variation Public Use File serve as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare.
- [Medicare Cost Geriatric With Utilization And Quality Indicators by HRR](https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/medicare-cost-geriatric-with-utilization-and-quality-indicators-by-hrr)
- This dataset shows the Geographic Variation Public Use File that serves as an evaluation of the utilization and quality of healthcare services according to the geographic area of the population covered by Medicare. This dataset incorporates hospital referral region (HRR) level data that covers demographic, cost utilization and quality data for beneficiaries that are 65 or older.

**Data Engineering Overview**
**We deliver high-quality data**
- Each dataset goes through 3 levels of quality review
- 2 Manual reviews are done by domain experts
- Then, an automated set of 60+ validations enforces every datum matches metadata & defined constraints
- Data is normalized into one unified type system
- All dates, unites, codes, currencies look the same
- All null values are normalized to the same value
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Each dataset is manually curated by our team of doctors, pharmacists, public health & medical billing experts:
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- Both manual and automated data enrichment supported for clinical codes, providers, drugs, and geo-locations
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