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Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

Medicare HOS Data User's Guides

Detailed documentation regarding file construction and contents has been assembled for all data sets distributed by this project. In addition to the Public Use Data Files (PUFs) available for download on this site, several unique data files have been distributed to participating QIOs and M+COs. These Data User's Guides have been assembled to facilitate the utilization of the HOS data files produced by the Medicare HOS Project.

Medicare HOS Downloadable Data User's Guides

The following Medicare HOS Data User's Guides are available for download in PDF format:

QIO Data User's Guides

M+CO Data User's Guides

PUF Data User's Guides


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