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Exploring Social Determinants of Health by Race and Ethnicity in Medicare using ACS-CMS Linked Data
Shondelle Wilson-Frederick, PhDStatistician
Office of Minority HealthCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Sharon R. Ennis, MSStatistician
Data Governance and Analytics Department of Veterans Affairs
ACS Data Users Conference, Washington DC| Using the ACS to Study Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Variations in Health | May 14, 2019
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• The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the presenter and not those of CMS, CMS OMH, Dept of Veteran Affairs, or the federal government.
• I have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Disclaimer
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Offices of Minority Health Within HHS
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CMS Path to Equity
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Increasing understanding and awareness
of disparities
Developing and disseminating
solutions
Implementing sustainable
actions
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Addressing Health Disparities at All Levels
5Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2011). Social Ecological Model. Retrieved March 17, 2015. From http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/crccp/sem.htm.
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Increasing Understanding and Awareness of Disparities
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What are Social Determinants of Health?
• Conditions in the environments in which people:– live – learn– work – play
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SDOH
Neighborhood & Built
Environment
Health & Health Care
Social & Community
ContextEducation
Economic Stability
Available from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-health
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What is the Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW)?
• The CCW is CMS’ research data warehouse designed to support bothexternal and internal CMS research and analytic functions
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CCW
Assessment
Medicaid
Medicare
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BENEfits of the CCW
• One unique BENE_ID for each individual enrolled and eligible for Medicare and/or Medicaid
• Individual beneficiaries tracked and linked – Over time – Across claim types– Across programs
(Medicare and Medicaid)
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What Kinds of Data are Available?
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Patient Level variablesDemographics Geography, Birth and Death Dates, Age, Sex, and Race – both SSA and
RTI
Part A & B Coverage Start, Reasons for Entitlement, ESRD indicator, Status Code, Dual-Eligible
Part C HMO indicator, Coverage months, Contract ID
Part D Contract ID, Coverage months
Cost and Use variablesCost or Payments Medicare, beneficiary and other primary payers
Utilization Stays, Covered Days, Readmissions, Visits including Emergency Room, and Events such as physician face-to-face visits
Part D Summary cost and use
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Geographical Variation Beneficiary File
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Comparisons using Geographic Files
• Geographic identifiers• Standardized payments • Service categories • Health status • Quality measures
Specific Geographic Variables
• Zip code• State• County• State/County FIPS code• Core-Based Statistical
Area• Metropolitan• Micropolitan• Non-CBSA
• Hospital Referral Region• Hospital Service
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Chronic Conditions Available in the CCW
• Additional chronic conditions can be found at www.ccwdata.org 12
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• Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Alzheimer’s Disease• Cancer (multiple types)• Cataracts• Chronic Kidney Disease• Depression• Diabetes• Heart Failure• Stroke
35 Other Chronic or Potentially Disabling Condition Variables
• Alcohol Use Disorders• HIV/AIDS• Mobility Impairments• Obesity• Opioid Use Disorder• PTSD• Sensory Impairments• TBI• Viral Hepatitis (General)
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Opioid Use Disorder
• About 2.1 million Americans had opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2016.
• OUD is defined as a problematic pattern of opioid use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress.
• OUD has also been referred to as "opioid addiction.“
• CCW OUD Flags include Medication Assisted Therapies
13Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/training/oud/
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Data Sources
• 2016 CMS Medicare Geographical Variation Beneficiary File (GV_ BENE)– Beneficiary enrollment information (A/B/C/D)
• 2016 CMS Medicare Beneficiary Summary File –Other Chronic and Potentially Disabling Conditions Segment (OTCC)– OUD flags– Linked by BENE_ID (unique identifier)
• 2016 5-year ACS– Available from American FactFinder (AFF)
• Linked CMS data to ACS using ZCTA/Zip Code14
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Research Plan for Medicare-ACS Data Linkage
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Downloaded 2016 5-yr ACS tables from AFF
Uploaded excel tables to CCW
Imported excel tables as SAS data sets
Recoded ACS variables, create percentages
Merged individual ACS data sets by ZCTA
Merged Medicare beneficiary data (GV BENE and OTCC) by BENE_ID
Linked ACS and Medicare by ZCTA/zip code
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Developing and Disseminating Solutions
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Racial and Ethnic Distribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by OUD Status
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3 1
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All beneficiariesN = 58 million
Beneficiaries with OUDN = 598,000
White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Percent of Medicare Beneficiaries in Zip Codes that Speak English only (mean)
818586 87
82 83
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7886
7883
All Beneficiaries Beneficiaries w/ OUD
Perc
ent
Total White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Percent of Medicare Beneficiaries in Zip Codes that are Married (mean)
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54 5355 54
45 44
54 5350 5050 51
54 53
All Beneficiaries Beneficiaries w/ OUD
Perc
ent
Total White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Percent of Medicare Beneficiaries in Zip Codes with Less Than High School Education (mean)
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1113
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1413
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1615
11 12
All Beneficiaries Beneficiaries w/ OUD
Perc
ent
Total White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Percent of Medicare Beneficiaries in Zip Codes with a Disability (mean)
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141514 15
10
12
14 14
15 16
12
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All Beneficiaries Beneficiaries w/ OUD
Perc
ent
Total White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Percent of Medicare Beneficiaries Living in Zip Codes Below 100% FPL (mean)
1516
1315
22 23
1314
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2221
1314
All Beneficiaries Beneficiaries w/ OUD
Perc
ent
Total White Black A/NHOPI Hispanic AIAN Other/Unknown
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Summary
• Compared to all beneficiaries, more Whites, Blacks and AIAN resided in zip codes with a higher mean English-only speaking population.
• Compared to all beneficiaries a greater percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and AIAN beneficiaries w/ and w/o OUD lived in zip codes with higher mean rate of less than HS education.
• Compared to the total a higher percentage of AIAN beneficiaries w/ and w/o OUD lived in zip codes with higher mean disability rates.
• A lower percentage of White, NHOPI, and Other beneficiaries resided in zip codes below 100% FPL compared to Black, Hispanic, or AIAN beneficiaries.
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Implementing Sustainable Action
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This roadmap details our three-pronged approach to combating the opioid epidemic, focusing in on prevention, the treatment of patients and the utilization of data .
Available from: https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/Opioid-epidemic-roadmap.pdf
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• Roadmap to Better Care and a Healthier You• 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Coverage• Managing Your Health Care Costs• A Roadmap to Behavioral Health• Videos• Enrollment Toolkit• Prevention Resources• Partner Toolkit• Community Presentation
From Coverage to Care (C2C) Resources
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http://go.cms.gov/c2c
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Connected Care Resources
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• Information for Health Care Professionals • Access resources and tools explaining the benefits of
CCM and how to implement this service
• Information for Patients• Access easy-to-read information on the benefits of
CCM for Medicare beneficiaries living with two or more chronic conditions
• Campaign Partnership Resources• Access information about partnering to bring
awareness to CCM through the Connected Care campaign
go.cms.gov/CCM
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Join Us on the Path to Equity
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