Regional variation in healthcare usage for Medicare beneficiaries: a cross-sectional study based on the health and retirement study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether regional variation changes with different beneficiary health insurance coverage types.

Design

A cross-sectional study of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) in 2018 was used.

Setting

Medicare beneficiaries only covered by Medicare (group 1) are compared with those covered by Medicare and other health insurance (group 2). Outcomes included healthcare usage measures: (1) whether beneficiaries have a hospital stay and (2) the number for those with at least one stay; (3) whether beneficiaries have a doctor's visit and (4) the number for those with at least one visit. We compared healthcare usage in both groups across the five regions: (1) New England and Mid-Atlantic; (2) East North Central and West North Central; (3) South Atlantic; (4

SUBMITTER: Luo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature