CMS releases updated data on geographic variation in the Medicare program

CMS has posted the annual release of the Geographic Variation Public Use File with data for 2007-2016.  The Geographic Variation Public Use File is a series of downloadable tables and reports that contain demographic, spending, utilization, and quality indicators for the Medicare fee-for-service population.  It presents data at the state-level (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands), hospital referral region (HRR)-level, and county-level.

This public use file is available from the CMS website and can be downloaded at: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Geographic-Variation/GV_PUF.html. 

All of the above data assets are also catalogued on Healthdata.gov:  http://www.healthdata.gov/dataset/search

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