Acute Hospital Care Is The Chief Driver Of Regional Spending Variation In Medicare Patients With Advanced Cancer

Volume: 33, Issue: 10, Pages: 1793 - 1800
Published: Oct 1, 2014
Abstract
The root causes of regional variation in medical spending are poorly understood and vary by clinical condition. To identify drivers of regional spending variation for Medicare patients with advanced cancer, we used linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER)–Medicare data from the period 2004–10. We broke down Medicare spending into thirteen cancer-relevant service categories. We then calculated the contribution of each...
Paper Details
Title
Acute Hospital Care Is The Chief Driver Of Regional Spending Variation In Medicare Patients With Advanced Cancer
Published Date
Oct 1, 2014
Volume
33
Issue
10
Pages
1793 - 1800
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