Per Capita Medicare Inflation in the Last Decade: Unit Cost Increases Offset by Reduced Utilization

RT @JournalGIM: Between 2007-2017, per-capita Medicare fee-for-service expenditures shifted from inpatient to outpatient settings; Medicare…

Between 2007-2017, per-capita Medicare fee-for-service expenditures shifted from inpatient to outpatient settings; Medicare cost inflation was driven by increases in unit costs but mitigated by shorter treatment durations and # of users. @weeks_MS_health h