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Description:
The DE-SynPUF is built from a 5 percent random sample of Medicare beneficiaries in 2008 and their claims from 2008 through 2010. The DE-SynPUF contains five types of data – Beneficiary Summary, Inpatient Claims, Outpatient Claims, Carrier Claims, and Prescription Drug Events. Each file contains the same variables across years.
Agency and Program Information
Agency: Department of Health & Human Services
Agency Program URL: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/SynPUFs/
Subject: Health Care Cost
Subject: Medicare
Subject: Quality Measurement
Date Released: Feb 7, 2013
Data Collection and Frequency
Coverage Period Start: Jan 1, 2008
Coverage Period End: Dec 31, 2010
Unit of Analysis: Beneficiary/Claim
Geographic Granularity: County