Clinic Quality Comparisons for Multi-Provider Practices

2015-2016 medical claims data compares performance for Utah clinics with five or more physicians. The Utah Department of Health's Office of Healthcare Statistics calculated these measures using the state's All Payer Claims Database. The dataset includes provider details and quality rates across multiple geographic levels.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic variation in quality Rate across Counties (New), Utah House Districts, and Health Small Statistical Areas2014 Shp.
• Compare Provider_Organization_Name__Legal_Business_Name_ performance on specific Measure_Description like 'Diabetes Care Hemoglobin Testing'.
• Map clinic locations and service areas using Coordinates fields (state, city, zip, address).
• Assess patient volume and treatment appropriateness via # of Patients who received appropriate treatment and Total # of patients who were treated columns.
• Link provider entities via Billing_NPI to other claims datasets for longitudinal analysis.

Strengths

• Contains clinic-level quality measures for two consecutive years (2015-2016).
• Integrates provider, patient, and geographic data across 15+ columns.
• Derived from Utah's authoritative All Payer Claims Database (APCD).

Limitations

• Sample size is unknown, limiting statistical reliability assessments.
• Data is stale, with the last update in April 2019 and coverage ending in 2016.
• Geographic scope is limited solely to the state of Utah.

Provenance

Source

Utah Department of Health, Office of Healthcare Statistics (OHCS).

Collection Method

Calculated from Utah's All Payer Claims Database (APCD).

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

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Geography

State of Utah, USA.