Postacute Care Services Use and Outcomes Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Better evidence is needed on whether Medicare Advantage (MA) plans can control the use of postacute care services while achieving excellent outcomes.

Objective

To compare self-reported use of postacute care services and outcomes among traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries and MA enrollees.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) with linked Medicare enrollment data from 2015 to 2017. Participants were community-dwelling MA or TM beneficiaries 70 years and older; those with dual Medicare and Medicaid eligibility were also identified. Analyses were conducted from May 2022 to February 2023 and were weighted to account for the complex survey design.

Exposures

Enrollment in MA

SUBMITTER: Achola EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439482 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature