Medicare Geographic Variation - by Hospital Referral Region
The Medicare Geographic Variation by Hospital Referral Region dataset provides information for researchers and policymakers to evaluate the geographic differences in the use and quality of health care services for the...
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
- Update frequency
- Annually
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.
Columns
CMS does not publish a machine-readable column list for this dataset. Check the data dictionary linked above.
At a glance
- Catalog
- data.cms.gov
- Publisher
- Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
- Columns
- 0
- State column
- None found
Versions 2
The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.
- 2021-12-17posted Sep 5, 2025
- 2013-12-01posted Dec 19, 2024
CMS's description
The Medicare Geographic Variation by Hospital Referral Region dataset provides information for researchers and policymakers to evaluate the geographic differences in the use and quality of health care services for the Original Medicare population. The dataset includes demographic, spending, use, and quality indicators at the hospital referral region (HRR) level.
Methodology and other documents from CMS:
The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id cms:6d7b229d-5bfb-4666-a2d2-38cea44a112c. This record as JSON.