Medicare and Medicaid

Chronically Ill Patients Get More Care, Less Quality, Says Latest Dartmouth Atlas

Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, April 22nd, 2008

Medicare pays many hospitals and their doctors more than the most efficient and effective health care institutions to treat chronically ill people, yet gets worse results, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

If the U.S. health care system mirrored the practice patterns of gold-standard health care systems such as the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Medicare could save tens of billions of dollars annually. Those savings would come just when Medicare needs that money most, as baby boomers prepare to retire in droves, putting unprecedented pressure on the health-care system.

"This report demonstrates...

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Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2008-04-22)

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