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Table 9. Data Availability for Severe Respiratory Problems
Data
Availability
|
Respiratory Problems Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
OASIS
|
-
Captures use of
oxygen.
- Captures how
patients manage inhalant/mist medications.
- Captures how well
patients manage equipment.
- Data are current
(within several months) and available at zip code level.
|
-
Level of assistance
category covers oxygen and respiratory equipment.
- Requires application
for DUA.
- Captures only
patients in the care of Medicare/Medicaid-certified home health agencies.
|
|
Medicare claims
|
- Captures the use of
oxygen and respiratory equipment and supplies and inhalant medications 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 oxygen and respiratory equipment and supplies and inhalant
medications 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.
|
|
Public use files
|
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
|
-
Includes information
on people who live alone (not in an institution) and use oxygen.
-
Includes information
on other respiratory equipment.
- Last updated in 2007.
|
-
"Other respiratory
equipment" is not specific to type of equipment.
- Geographic detail
for U.S. Census regions and MSA indicators—county level.
|
|
MassCHIP
|
-
Shows asthma among
adults and asthma-related hospitalizations and ER visits.
-
Data available for Worcester.
|
-
Does not provide
detail on use of oxygen/nebulization equipment
|
|
Submission of proposal and fee
|
NHIS
|
-
Includes information
on emphysema, asthma, and lung and breathing problems that interfere with
ADLs.
- Data from 2007.
|
-
Does not provide
detail on use of oxygen/nebulization equipment.
- Requires submission
of proposal and fee.
- No geographic
information available in public use files.
|
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