Market Variations in Intensity of Medicare Service Use and Beneficiary Experiences with Care

Objective. Examine associations between patient experiences with care and service use across markets. Data Sources/Study Setting. Medicare fee‐for‐service (FFS) and managed care (Medicare Advantage [MA]) beneficiaries in 306 markets from the 2003 Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys. Resource use intensity is measured by the 2003 end‐of‐life expenditure index. Study Design. We estimated correlations and linear...