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Table 6. Data Availability for Complex Wound Care
Data
Availability
|
Complex Wound Care Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
OASIS
|
-
Captures presence of
a surgical wound.
- Data are current
(within several months) and available at zip code level.
|
-
No details on care
or equipment required.
- Requires application
for DUA.
- Captures only
patients in the care of Medicare/Medicaid-certified home health agencies.
|
|
Medicare claims
|
- Captures
the use of dressing supplies and equipment by persons living in the Worcester
zip code.
|
-
No details 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 dressing supplies and equipment by persons living in the Worcester
zip code.
|
- No details on the
level of assistance required.
- Data are limited to
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
|
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