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Identifiable Data Files - Medicare Provider Analysis and ...

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

Issued over 9 years ago

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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 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) File contains data from claims for services provided to beneficiaries admitted to Medicare certified inpatient hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNF). The accumulation of claims from a beneficiarys date of admission to an inpatient hospital, where the beneficiary has been discharged, or to a skilled nursing facility, where the beneficiary may still be a patient, represents one stay. A stay record may represent one claim or multiple claims.