Description

This page contains information on the use of specific Medicare preventive services from analyses that have been done using Medicare claims data. The Interactive Database on this page contains data from Medicare enrollment and claims files and allows the user to examine the use of and Medicare expenditures for a variety of Medicare preventive services at the national, state, and county level. Data on the use of preventive services are also available by specific demographic groups at the national and state level. Please select from the following criteria below to create your table of data on either the use of preventive services or Medicare expenditures for these services. Users can request tables in .html or .xls format. Data are presented by calendar year. Information on the methods used to create this interactive database is available in the Downloads below.

The Downloads below also include information from special analyses that have been done using Medicare claims data, such as:

• Biennial mammography utilization rates at the national and state level by age group and race for the periods of January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004, and January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005
• "Ever received" pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination rates based on Medicare claims from 1991-2004 by age and race at the county level
• Influenza vaccination rates from 1999 through 2004 by age at the national and state level
• Influenza vaccination rates from 1999 through 2004 by race at the national and level
• Influenza vaccination rates in 2003 among beneficiaries with end stage renal disease (ESRD)

There is also a link to the Carolinas Centers for Medical Excellence's website, which contains an interactive database with colorectal cancer screening utilization rates based on Medicare claims from 1998-2004 at the national, state, and county levels.

As mentioned in the "Overview" section of this website, several data sources provide information on the use of preventive services. Each source has its limitations. We recommend reading the "Data User's Guide" in the Downloads section below to understand the advantages and disadvantages of these different data sources in examining utilization rates for preventive services.