Characteristics, utilization, and concentration of outpatient care for dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize the (1) distribution of outpatient care for dual-eligible Medicare beneficiaries ("duals") and (2) intensity of outpatient care utilization of duals vs non-dual-eligible beneficiaries ("nonduals").

Study design

Using data preceding the introduction of several outpatient alternative payment models, as well as Medicaid expansion, we evaluated the distribution of outpatient care across physician practices using a Lorenz curve and compared utilization of different outpatient services between duals and nonduals.

Methods

We defined practices that did (high dual) and did not (low dual and no dual) account for the large majority of visits based on the Lorenz curve and then performed descriptive statistics between these groups of practices. Practice-

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084394 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature