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Files are available for calendar years 1999 to 2004, except where otherwise noted, and are distributed to researchers as SAS datasets.  Data for veterans are available with either real SSNs or the VA's scrambled SSNs (SCRSSN).

Medicare Data

Data for Veterans

  • Vital Status, cumulative file
  • Denominator
  • Group Health Plan (GHP), available for 1999-2000 only
  • Medicare Provider and Analysis Review (MedPAR)
  • Inpatient
  • Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
  • Home Health Agency (HHA)
  • Hospice
  • Outpatient
  • Carrier (Physician/Supplier)
  • Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

Provider Data

  • Provider of Service (POS)
  • Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN), available for 2001-2004

Data for all Medicare beneficiaries (veterans and non-veterans)

  • Denominator (100% file)

United States Renal Data Systems (USRDS)

  • Core CD, cumulative files
  • Transplant CD, cumulative files
  • Hospital CD, cumulative files
  • Institutional Claims, available for 1999-2003
  • Institutional Claims Details, available for 1999-2003
  • Physician/Supplier Claims, available for 1999-2003

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

  • Access to Care module, available for 1999-2003
  • Cost and Use module, available for 1999-2002