Datasets / MDS 2.0 Public Quality Indicator and Resident Reports


MDS 2.0 Public Quality Indicator and Resident Reports

Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Issued over 9 years ago

US
beta

Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a set of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is part of the federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare or Medicaid certified nursing homes. This process provides a comprehensive assessment of each residents functional capabilities and helps nursing home staff identify health problems. These public use reports are meant to begin the process of sharing information from the national MDS database.