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Table 5. Data Availability for IVs and Infusions
Data
Availability
|
IVs/Infusion Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
OASIS
|
-
Captures IVs, TPN,
enteral feedings, and level of assistance required.
- Data are current
(within several months) and available by zip code.
|
-
Unable to tell
purpose of IV unless paired with diagnosis codes.
- Requires application
for DUA.
|
|
Medicare claims
|
-
Captures the use of
IV equipment, enteral supplies, and medications by persons living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
No detail on the
level of assistance required.
- Data are limited to
a segment of the population that is older than 65, has a disability, or has ESRD.
|
|
Medicaid claims
|
-
Captures the use of IV
equipment, enteral supplies, and medications by persons living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
No detail on the
level of assistance required.
- Data are limited to
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
|
|
Public use files
|
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
|
-
Identifies people who
live alone (not in an institution) and receive enteral feedings or IVs.
- Last updated in 2007.
|
-
Unable to tell
purpose of IV unless paired with diagnosis codes.
|
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