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Dialysis Facility Compare

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Health and Human Services
Sub-Agency/Organization	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Category	Social Insurance and Human Services
Date Released
Date Updated	05/21/09
Time Period	2008-2009
Frequency	Quarterly
Description	The data that is used by the Dialysis Facility Compare tool can be downloaded for public use. This functionality is primarily used by health policy researchers and the media. Collection period for the measures: 1. Patients With Anemia That Wasn't Controlled and 2. Patients Who Had Enough Wastes Removed From Their Blood During Dialysis (Dialysis Adequacy) is calendar year 2007. Collection period for the measure Patient Survival is January 2004 to December 2007. Demographic data is refreshed the second month of each quarter while quality measures are refreshed yearly in November.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	Dialysis Facility Compare, Dailysis Facilty, Chronic Kidney disease, Dialyis locations, kidney disease groups, kidney failure, state certified dialysis facilities, end stage renal disease dialysis, kidney disease dialysis, community.health
Unique ID	460

Contributing Agency Information

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Agency Program Page	http://www.medicare.gov/Dialysis/Static/AboutQualityMeasures.asp?dest=NAV\|Home\|DataDetails\|AboutQualityMeasures#TabTop
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DFCompare_flatfiles.zip

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	Establishment
Granularity	USA
Geographic Coverage	USA

Data Description

Collection Mode	Computer
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