Medicaid Analytic Extract

Data Set: Medicaid Analytic Extract

Collected By: CMS

Sample Coverage and Dataset Characteristics: The Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) data – formerly known as State Medicaid Research Files (SMRFs) – are a set of person-level data files on Medicaid eligibility, service utilization, and payments.  MAX are annual calendar year files.

Key Variables:  Personal summary; Inpatient; Long-term care; Drug and other therapy data sets; Eligibility and utilization records; CMS-64, 37, 21 reports.

Documentation: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/07_MAXGeneralInformation.asp 

Indicative Studies/Presentations:

• Olfson, M., Marcus, S. C., & Shaffer, D. (2006). Antidepressant Drug Therapy and Suicide in Severely Depressed Children and Adults: A Case-Control Study. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 63(8), 865-872.
• The Medicaid Analytic Extract Chartbook.  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/Downloads/MAX_Chartbook_2007.pdf
• Dimaggio, C., Galea, S., & Richardson, L. D. (2007). Emergency Department Visits for Behavioral and Mental Health Care After a Terrorist Attack. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 50(3), 327-334.