CMS has updated its 17 page data sheet on characteristics of COVID patients in Medicare.
See PDF here:
https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicare-covid-19-data-snapshot-fact-sheet.pdf
Webpage for project, here:
https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-systems/preliminary-medicare-covid-19-data-snapshot
See the March 24 press release here. Data runs through January 2021.
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-updates-medicare-covid-19-data-snapshot
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So far, 700,000 Medicare patients have been severe enough to hospitalize, of which 18% expired (126,000):
For inpatients, about half had less than 8 day stay, about half, longer than that. 1 in 3 admitted patients, 30% ,were 11 days or longer. As shown above, only 36% were discharged to home.
Extensive race/ethnicity data is included.
Prior blog here:
http://www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2020/12/very-brief-blog-cms-covid-data-shows.html
