Who's Accountable? Low-Value Care Received By Medicare Beneficiaries Outside Of Their Attributed Health Systems

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Examines how much low-volume care and health system spending can be attributed to fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65-years-old and older receiving care outside of the health system between 2017-2018. Explores beneficiary and health system factors associated with receiving the thirty most common low-value services, including beneficiaries' rurality and whether the low-value services originated from primary care physicians or specialists.

Ishani Ganguli, Maia L. Crawford, Benjamin Usadi, et al.

Health Affairs, 42(8), 1128-1139

08/2023

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Accountable Care Organizations · Elderly population · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Medicare · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data