combines all years MedPAR claims (not including dx and pr code), and removed the duplication claims;

fac_clm(year, data_file_name, schema, src_root, mapping_data = import_mapping)

Arguments

year

year of medicare data

data_file_name

original MedPAR dataset names

schema

defined in csv file. defult is "fac_clm"

src_root

locations of MedPAR on database

mapping_data

select medicare original vars to mapped vars

Value

combined facility claims over years (no dup)