Name | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
Summary | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
Additional Background | This database provides county-level Medicare beneficiary demographics, Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), readmission rates, and service-level costs and utilization. Standardized data removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual services i.e.. removed adjustments that Medicare makes to account for local wages or input prices. Risk-adjusted reflects costs adjusted for differences in beneficiaries’ health using a risk-adjustment model that CMS uses to pay Medicare Advantage plans. See this glossary for more definitions.
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Geographic Coverage | U.S., States, Counties |
Periodicity | Annually |
Series Begins/Ends | 2007 - 2021 |
Data Source | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
Databaase | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
Summary | Medicare Beneficiaries, Costs, Utilization, & Quality |
Geographic Coverage | U.S., States, Counties |
Series Begins/Ends | 2007 - 2021 |
Periodicity | Annually |
Derived From | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
New Database added | Feb. 14, 2024 |
Estimated next update | Feb. 10, 2025 |
This database provides county-level Medicare beneficiary demographics, Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), readmission rates, and service-level costs and utilization. Standardized data removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual services i.e.. removed adjustments that Medicare makes to account for local wages or input prices. Risk-adjusted reflects costs adjusted for differences in beneficiaries’ health using a risk-adjustment model that CMS uses to pay Medicare Advantage plans. See this glossary for more definitions.
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