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The following PLCO Chronic Conditions dataset(s) are available for delivery on CDAS. For each dataset, a Data Dictionary that describes the data is publicly available. In order to obtain the actual data in SAS or CSV format, you must begin a data-only request. Data will be delivered once the project is approved and data transfer agreements are completed.

To learn more about the Chronic Conditions data collected as part of the study, visit the PLCO CMS Chronic Conditions derived from CMS documentation page.


Datasets and Data Dictionaries

Files Description
Data Dictionary
(PDF - 96.2 KB)
1. The Chronic Conditions dataset contains select conditions obtained from CMS/MBSF for 28,607 participants.

User Guides and Other Files

User Guides are intended to serve as a guide to using the data contained in these datasets.

For PLCO:
PLCO User Guide
(PDF - 291.4 KB)