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Table 8. Data Availability for Urinary Catheter/Colostomy
Data
Availability
|
Urinary Catheter/ Colostomy Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
OASIS
|
- Captures the presence
of urinary catheters and colostomies.
- Captures level of
assistance needed for ADLs.
- Data are current
(within several months) and available at zip code level.
|
-
Level of assistance
for ADLs is not specific to only bowel/bladder.
- Requires application
for DUA.
- Captures only
patients in the care of Medicare/Medicaid-certified home health agencies.
|
|
Medicare claims
|
-
Captures the use of
catheter and colostomy supplies and equipment by persons living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
Cannot determine 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
catheter and colostomy supplies by persons living in the Worcester zip code.
|
-
Cannot determine the
level of assistance required.
- Data are limited to
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
|
|
Submission of proposal and fee
|
NHIS—D
|
-
Captures the presence
of urinary catheters and colostomies.
- Captures level of
assistance needed to care for devices.
|
-
Requires submission
of proposal and fee.
- Data are old (1995).
|
|
Public use files
|
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
|
-
Captures the presence
of urinary catheters and colostomies.
- Captures level of
assistance needed to care for devices.
- Last updated in 2007.
|
-
Geographic detail
for U.S. Census regions and MSA indicators—county level.
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