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Facility-Level Minimum Data Set Frequency
The Facility-Level Minimum Data Set (MDS) Frequency dataset provides information for active nursing home residents on topics, such as race/ethnicity, age, or marital status; discharge dispositions; hearing, speech, and vision; cognitive patterns; mood; functional abilities and goals; bladder and bowel; active diagnoses; health conditions; swallowing/nutritional status; oral/dental status; skin conditions; medications; special treatments, procedures, and programs; restraints and alarms; and participation in assessment and goal setting.
Complete Metadata
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| description | The Facility-Level Minimum Data Set (MDS) Frequency dataset provides information for active nursing home residents on topics, such as race/ethnicity, age, or marital status; discharge dispositions; hearing, speech, and vision; cognitive patterns; mood; functional abilities and goals; bladder and bowel; active diagnoses; health conditions; swallowing/nutritional status; oral/dental status; skin conditions; medications; special treatments, procedures, and programs; restraints and alarms; and participation in assessment and goal setting. |
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| identifier | https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/d086edc0-4953-4fb9-a663-b35526371add/data-viewer |
| issued | 2025-12-09 |
| keyword |
[
"hospitals & facilities",
"medicare",
"skilled nursing"
]
|
| landingPage | https://data.cms.gov/quality-of-care/facility-level-minimum-data-set-frequency |
| language |
[
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]
|
| license | https://www.usa.gov/government-works |
| modified | 2026-01-28 |
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|
| publisher |
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|
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|
| temporal | 2023-10-01/2025-12-31 |
| theme |
[
"Medicare"
]
|
| title | Facility-Level Minimum Data Set Frequency |
