The Proportion of Marginalized Individuals in US Communities and Hospital Participation in Bundled Payments.

ABSTRACT: Hospitals have demonstrated the benefits of both voluntary and mandatory bundled payments for joint replacement surgery. However, given generalizability and disparities concerns, it is critical to understand the availability of care through bundled payments to historically marginalized groups, such as racial and ethnic minorities and individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES). This cross-sectional analysis of 3880 US communities evaluated the relationship between the proportion of Black and Hispanic individuals (minority share) or Medicare/Medicaid dual-eligible individuals (low SES share) and community-level participation in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative (BPCI) (being a BPCI community) and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model (being a CJR communit

SUBMITTER: Liao JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature