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VIReC CMS Data Miniseries

Measuring Veterans' Medicare Health Services - Part 2


by Kristin de Groot, MPH
Seminar date: 7/11/2023

Description: This presentation will provide technical information about using Medicare data in the VHA, including details of who is in the data, timeliness of data, and how to access the data after approval. It will also provide detailed information about the source of the Medicare data, dataset structure, and commonly used variables. New users should review Using Medicare Data in VA research: Part 1.

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