Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Improving on Claims-Based Algorithms

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton

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Abstract: This report uses data on fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries who first responded to the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey in 2003-2006 to assess the feasibility of using existing claims-based indicators to identify community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries with disability based solely on the conditions for which they are being treated.

Keywords: Medicare Beneficiaries; Disabilities; Claims-Based Algorithms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39
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