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Table 4. Data Availability for Dialysis
Data
Availability
|
Dialysis Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
Public use data files
|
United States Renal Data System
|
- Provides number of
patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis by county.
- Free.
- Available online.
|
- Not available at the
city level.
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
Medicare claims
|
- Captures number of
patients on dialysis 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 number of
patients on dialysis in the Worcester zip code.
|
- Data are limited to eligible
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
|
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