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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | Health Care Finance Administration -- 5% Sample Standard |
| Analysis File (SAF) and Medicare Provider Analysis Review |
| (MEDPAR) File |
| Alias | HCFA |
| Data Collection Agency | Health Care Finance Administration |
| Purpose | To provide Medicare Claims data files for administrative and |
| research purposes. |
| Description | Two sets of files -- Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
| Files (MEDPAR) provides national and state claims data. 5% |
| Sample Standard Analysis Files (SAFs) provides final action |
| claims data -- beneficiary demographics, medical diagnosis, |
| surgical procedures, hospital resource utilization, billing |
| information. SAFs -- data on hospital inpatient/outpatient, |
| hospice, skilled nursing facility, and physician/medical supplier |
| services |
| Special Features | May be useful for disabled children and adolescents. |
| Subject Age Range | All |
| E-Coding Included | No |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases |
| Geographic Area Covered | National |
| Years Available | Through 1996 |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 87 |