Use and Cost of Low-Value Services Among Veterans Dually Enrolled in VA and Medicare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over half of veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) are also enrolled in Medicare, potentially increasing their opportunity to receive low-value health services within and outside VA.

Objectives

To characterize the use and cost of low-value services delivered to dually enrolled veterans from VA and Medicare.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional.

Participants

Veterans enrolled in VA and fee-for-service Medicare (FY 2017-2018).

Main measures

We used VA and Medicare administrative data to identify 29 low-value services across 6 established domains: cancer screening, diagnostic/preventive testing, preoperative testing, imaging, cardiovascular testing, and surgery. We determined the count of low-value services per 100 veterans

SUBMITTER: Radomski TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347549 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature