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Table 13. Data Availability for Terminal Illness
Data
Availability
|
Terminal Illness Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
OASIS
|
-
Captures life
expectancy of less than 6 months.
- Data are current
(within several months) and available at zip code level.
|
-
Requires application
for DUA.
- Captures only
patients in the care of Medicare/Medicaid-certified home health agencies.
|
|
Medicare claims
|
-
Captures use of
equipment (hospital beds and medications) and hospice services by persons
living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
Data are limited to
a segment of the population that is older than 65, has a disability, or has ESRD.
|
|
Medicaid claims
|
-
Captures use of
equipment (hospital beds and medications) and hospice services by persons
living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
Data are limited to
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
|
|
Public use files
|
National Hospice and Home Care Survey
|
-
Captures hospice
services provided by an agency Data from 2007.
|
-
Geographic detail
for U.S. Census regions and MSA indicators—county level.
|
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