Regional Associations Between Medicare Advantage Penetration and Administrative Claims-based Measures of Hospital Outcomes
Kulkarni VT, Shah SJ, Bernheim SM, Wang Y, Normand SL, Han LF, Rapp MT, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Regional Associations Between Medicare Advantage Penetration and Administrative Claims-based Measures of Hospital Outcomes. Medical Care 2012, 50: 406-409. PMID: 22456113, PMCID: PMC5459365, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318245a0f9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-standardized mortality ratesAcute myocardial infarctionRisk-standardized readmission ratesHospital outcomesReadmission ratesHeart failureMyocardial infarctionPopulation riskOutcome measuresMortality rateMedicare Advantage patientsHospital referral region levelHospital outcome measuresClaims-based measuresMedicaid Services measuresFFS patientsAdvantage patientsRetrospective studyService patientsMedicare feeMedicare Advantage penetrationPatientsMedicaid ServicesInfarctionPneumonia