Understanding Trends in Medicare Spending, 2007-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze the sources of per-beneficiary Medicare spending growth between 2007 and 2014, including the role of demographic characteristics, attributes of Medicare coverage, and chronic conditions.

Data sources

Individual-level Medicare spending and enrollment data.

Study design

Using an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition model, we analyzed whether changes in price-standardized, per-beneficiary Medicare Part A and B spending reflected changes in the composition of the Medicare population or changes in relative spending levels per person.

Data extraction methods

We identified a 5 percent sample of fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and above from years 2007 to 2014.

Results

Mean payment-adjusted Medicare per-beneficiary spending decreased

SUBMITTER: Keohane LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153172 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature