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Dartmouth Project Atlas data dictionary

Obs name type length label
1 Geo_code Char 10 Geographic id
2 Geo_label Char 8 Geographic unit of analysis
3 Population Num 8 Number of units in denominator
4 Year Num 4 Data year
5 Race Char 12 indicator of race
6 Gender Char 12 indicator of gender
7 Cohort Char 30 Cohort label
8 Eventname Char 12 Numerator event: condition or procedure grouping
9 Event_label Char 110 Descriptive label for this event
10 Observed Num 8 Number of events actually found
11 Crude_rate Num 6 Unadjusted rate
12 Adjusted_rate Num 6 Adjusted rate
13 Expected_adjusted Num 8 ASR-adj. expected
14 Oe_adjusted_ratio Num 6 Observed divided by age sex race-adjusted expected
15 Std_error_adjusted Num 6 Standard Error for adjusted rate
16 Uppercl Num 6 Upper confidence label
17 Lowercl Num 6 Lower confidence label
18 Percentile Num 8 Percentile of the rate
19 Short_label Char 46 Short label
20 Cohort_web_label Char 32 Cohort web label
21 Geo_name Char 80 Geopraphic name

Care for chronically ill dictionary

NAME LABEL
AMBULANCE_SPENDING_L2Y Ambulance spending per Decedent during the last two years of life
COMP_L2YDME_PMT_RATE Reimbursements for Durable Medical Equipment per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
COMP_L2YPBEM_PMT_RATE Part B Spending for Evaluation & Management per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
COMP_L2YPBIM_PMT_RATE Part B Spending for Imaging per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
COMP_L2YPBPR_PMT_RATE Part B Spending for Procedures per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
COMP_L2YPBTS_PMT_RATE Part B Spending for Tests per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
COMP_L2YPLCOT_PMT_RATE Other spending per Decedent during the last two years of life
COMP_L2Y_REI_RATE Hospital reimbursements per Decedent during the last two years of life
DME_PMTS_L2Y Average Co-Payments for Durable Medical Equipment per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L2YALLMD4_VIS Physician Visits per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L2Y_LOS Inpatient Days per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L2Y_MDSPFTE FTE Medical Specialist Labor Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L2Y_PRIMFTE FTE Primary Care Physician Labor Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L2Y_TOTFTE FTE Physician Labor Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
EVENTRATE_L6HDIC_PCT Percent of Deaths Associated With ICU Admission
EVENTRATE_L6HD_PCT Percent of Deaths Occurring In Hospital
EVENTRATE_L6HHA_VIS Home Health Agency Visits per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6MALLMD4_VIS Physician Visits per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6MALLMDSP2_VIS Medical Specialist Visits per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6MALLPRIM2_VIS Primary Care Visits per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6MD10_PCT Percent of Decedents Seeing 10 or More Different Physicians during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6MD_CNT Number of Different Physicians Seen per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6SNF_UTL SNF Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
EVENTRATE_L6_LOS Inpatient Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
HCI_INDEX_L2Y Hospital Care Intensity Index during the Last Two Years of Life
HIGHINT_BEDS_L2Y High-Intensity ICU Bed Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
HOMEHEALTH_SPENDING_L2Y Home Health Sector Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
HOSPICE_DAYS_L6M Hospice Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
HOSPICE_PCT_L6M Percent of Decedents Enrolled In Hospice during the Last Six Months of Life
HOSPICE_SPENDING_L2Y Hospice Sector Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
HOSP_BEDS_L2Y Hospital Bed Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
INPATIENT_SPENDING_L2Y Inpatient Sector Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
INTMED_BEDS_L2Y Intermediate-Intensity ICU Bed Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
L2YPBTT_PMT_ASRIM_DV_RATE Part B Spending per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
L6I_LOS_ASRIM_DV_RATE Total ICU Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
L6_ICCDAYS_RATE High-Intensity ICU Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
L6_IMCDAYS_RATE Intermediate-Intensity ICU Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
L6_TOTNONICUDAYS_RATE Medical & Surgical Unit Days per Decedent during the Last Six Months of Life
MDPMTS_PERVIS_L2Y Payments per physician visit (calculated)
MDVISIT_PMTS_L2Y Payments for physician visits per Decedent during the last two years of life
MEDSURG_BEDS_L2Y Medical & Surgical Unit Bed Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
OUTPATIENT_SPENDING_L2Y Outpatient Sector Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
PBOTHER_SPENDING_L2Y Other Part B spending per Decedent during the last two years of life
PHYS_SRVC_PMTS_L2Y Average Co-Payments for Physician Services per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
RATIO_MS_PC_FTE_L2Y Standardized FTE physician labor: Ratio MS/PC (calculated)
RATIO_MS_PC_PVIS_L6M Physician visits per decedent last 6 months: Ratio MS/PC (calculated)
RATIO_US_ALLMD_VISITS_L2Y Physician visits: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
RATIO_US_HOSP_DAYS_L2Y Hospital Days: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
RATIO_US_MDPMTS_PERVIS_L2Y Payments per visit: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
RATIO_US_MDVISIT_PMTS_L2Y Physician visit payments: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
RATIO_US_REI_L2Y Hospital Reimbursements: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
RATIO_US_REI_PER_DAY_L2Y Reimbursements per Day: Ratio to US Average (calculated)
REI_PER_DAY_L2Y Reimbursements per patient day (calculated)
RNS_NEEDED_L2Y RNs Required Under Proposed Federal Standards per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
SNFLS_SPENDING_L2Y SNF/Long-Term Care Sector Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
SNF_BEDS_L2Y SNF Bed Inputs per 1,000 Dededents during the Last Two Years of Life
TOTAL_COPMTS_L2Y Average Co-Payments per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
TOTAL_ICU_BEDS_L2Y Total ICU Bed Inputs per 1,000 Decedents during the Last Two Years of Life
TOTAL_SPENDING_L2Y Total Medicare Reimbursements per Decedent during the Last Two Years of Life
geo_code_n Provider ID
geo_name Hospital Name
pcity_l2y City
phrr_l2y HRR
phrrname_l2y HRR Name
pmloyal_l2y Percent of enrollees medical inpatient days at hospital to which they were assigned
population Number of deaths among chronically ill patients assigned to hospital
pstate_l2y State
psystem_l2y System

Medicare mortality rates

VARIABLE
Year
STATE #
STATE Name
Medicare Enrollees
Total Mortality: ASR-adjusted Percent of Deaths among Medicare Enrollees
Non-HMO Mortality: ASR-adjusted Percent of Deaths among Medicare Enrollees without HMO coverage

Medicare reimbursements

VARIABLE
Year
STATE #
STATE Name
Medicare Enrollees
Total Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee (Parts A and B)
Price-Adjusted Total Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee (Parts A and B)
Hospital & Skilled Nursing Facility Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Hospital & Skilled Nursing Facility Reimbursements per Enrollee
Physician Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Physician Reimbursements per Enrollee
Outpatient Facility Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Outpatient Facility Reimbursements per Enrollee
Home Health Agency Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Home Health Agency Reimbursements per Enrollee
Hospice Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Hospice Reimbursements per Enrollee
Durable Medical Equipment Reimbursements per Enrollee
Price-Adjusted Durable Medical Equipment Reimbursements per Enrollee

Post-discharge events

VARIABLE Label
Year
State #
State
Number of Patients in Medical Cohort
Event_Label Percent of Patients Having an Ambulatory Visit within 14 Days of Discharge Following Medical Admission; Percent of Patients Having an Emergency Room Visit within 30 Days of Discharge Following Medical Admission; Percent of Patients Readmitted within 30 Days of Discharge Following Medical Admission; Percent of Patients Visiting a Primary Care Clinician within 14 Days of Discharge Following Medical Admission
Adjusted_Rate
Lower Confidence Limit
Upper Confidence Limit

Selected hospital and physician capacity

VARIABLE
HSA #
HSA City
HRR #
HRR City
State
Resident Population (2010)
Acute Care Hospital Beds per 1,000 Residents (2012)
Hospital-based Registered Nurses per 1,000 Residents (2012)
FTE Hospital Employees per 1,000 Residents (2012)

Selected medical discharge rates

VARIABLE
State #
State label
Medicare Enrollees
All Medical Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Medical Discharges Excluding ACS Events per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Discharges for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Discharges for Convulsions per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
COPD Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Bacterial Pneumonia Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Asthma Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Congestive Heart Failure Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Hypertension Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Angina Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Cellulitis Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Diabetes Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Gastroenteritis Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Kidney/Urinary Infection Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees
Dehydration Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees

Selected primary care access and quality

VARIABLE Race
State ID
State Name
Number of diabetic Medicare enrollees age 65-75 Overall, black, white
Average annual percent of diabetic Medicare enrollees age 65-75 having hemoglobin A1c test Overall, black, white
Average annual percent of diabetic Medicare enrollees age 65-75 having eye examination Overall, black, white
Average annual percent of diabetic Medicare enrollees age 65-75 having blood lipids (LDL-C) test Overall, black, white
Number of female Medicare enrollees age 67-69 Overall, black, white
Average percent of female Medicare enrollees age 67-69 having at least one mammogram over a two-year period Overall, black, white
Number of Medicare beneficiaries (Part A eligible) Overall, black, white
Leg amputations per 1,000 Medicare enrollees Overall, black, white
Discharges for ambulatory care sensitive conditions per 1,000 Medicare enrollees Overall, black, white

Selected surgical discharge rates

VARIABLE
State #
State label
Medicare Enrollees (2015)
All Surgical Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Back Surgery per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Coronary Angiography per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Carotid Endarterectomy per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Cholecystectomy per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Hospitalization for Hip Fracture per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Hip Replacement per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Knee Replacement per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Mastectomy for Breast Cancer per 1,000 Female Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Resection for Colon Cancer per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Lower Extremity Revascularization per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Transurethral Prostatectomy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia per 1,000 Male Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Radical Prostatectomy per 1,000 Male Medicare Enrollees (2015)
Aortic/Mitral Valve Replacement per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees (2015)

Dartmouth Project Atlas data dictionary