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Activity Number: 508 - Administrative Records and Record Linkage
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Government Statistics Section
Abstract #323502 View Presentation
Title: Innovative Uses of Administrative Data: Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries with Sickle Cell Disease
Author(s): Shondelle Wilson-Frederick* and Carla Hodge
Companies: CMS Office of Minority Health and CMS Office of Minority Health
Keywords: Sickle cell disease ; Fee-for-Service claims ; Medicare ; healthcare
Abstract:

Medicare is a health insurance program that is administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for people age 65 or older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities, and people of all ages with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). A larger number of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) are living to be age-eligible for Medicare than previously reported. Medical advancements have transformed SCD, a once fatal inherited childhood disease, into a chronic condition with new health challenges for patients. The increasing diversity and aging of the U.S. population heightens the importance of understanding the health needs of the Medicare SCD population. This research will describe how 100% Fee-for-Service claims data were used to produce national prevalence estimates for Medicare, Medicaid, and dually eligible beneficiaries with SCD. Additionally, these findings will promote the development of recommendations to reduce the burden of SCD in the Medicare population and support additional research regarding equitable access to healthcare services for SCD patients.


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