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Variable: PLNCOVMO

Months of Part D Coverage

Description

This variable is the number of months during the year that the beneficiary had Medicare Part D coverage. CCW derives this variable by counting the number of months where the beneficiary had Part D coverage.

Comment

A Part D covered month is one where the first value of the monthly PTD_CNTRCT_ID_XX variable equaled H, R, S, or E or the value was X followed by 4 alphanumeric characters.

Values

n/a

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable:

  • Short Name: PLNCOVMO
  • Long Name: PLAN_CVRG_MOS_NUM
  • Type: CHAR
  • Length: 2
  • Source: CMS Enrollment Database (EDB) (derived)
  • Value Format: The value in this field is between '00' through '12'.

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