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- Title
Traditional Medicare Episode-Related Spending on Postacute Care for Dual-Eligible and Medicare-Only Beneficiaries, 2009–2017.
- Authors
Keohane, Laura M.; Kripalani, Sunil; Stevenson, David G.; Buntin, Melinda B.
- Abstract
Dual-eligible beneficiaries with Medicare and Medicaid coverage generally have greater utilization and spending levels than Medicare-only beneficiaries on postacute services, raising questions about how strategies to curb postacute spending will affect dual-eligible beneficiaries. We compared trends in postacute spending and use related to inpatient episodes at a population and episode level for dual-eligible and Medicare-only beneficiaries over the years 2009–2017. Although dual-eligible beneficiaries had consistently higher inpatient and postacute service use and spending than Medicare-only populations, both populations experienced similar declines in inpatient and postacute measures over time. Conditional on having an inpatient stay, most types of postacute service use increased regardless of dual-eligible status. These consistent patterns in episode-related postacute spending for Medicare-only and dual-eligible beneficiaries—decreased episode-related spending and use on a per beneficiary basis and increased use and spending on a per episode basis—suggest that changing patterns of care affect both populations.
- Subjects
MEDICARE; MEDICAID beneficiaries; MEDICAID; MEDICARE beneficiaries; BENEFICIARIES
- Publication
Medical Care Research & Review, 2023, Vol 80, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
1077-5587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10775587221095956