hospiceALPHA {medicare}

Sample Medicare Hospice Cost Report 2014 data

Description

A dataset containing the alpha data for the first 500 hospices in the Hospice 2014 cost reports. This is raw data, similar to what you'd get on your own with read.csv("hospc_2014_ALPHA.csv", stringsAsFactors = FALSE).

Usage

hospiceALPHA

Format

A data frame with 61820 rows and 5 variables:

• V1The rpt_rec_num, used to link a hospices dataset across the 3 yearly files.

• V2The wksht_cd, indicating which worksheet the variable comes from.

• V3The line_num, indicating the line on the worksheet where the variable is found.

• V4The clmn_num, indicating the column on the worksheet where the variable is found.

• V5The itm_alphanmrc_itm_txt, indicating the variable's value.

Source

https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Downloadable-Public-Use-Files/Cost-Reports/Hospice.html