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The Implications of Regional Variations in Medicare Spending. Part 1: The Content, Quality, and Accessibility of Care

$Figure 3. MCBS = Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey; MI = myocardial infarction. The graph presents unadjusted annual per capita spending on hospital and physician services (using standardized national prices) for each cohort in each quintile of the End-of-Life Expenditure Index. Data shown for the acute myocardial infarction, colorectal cancer, and hip fracture cohorts exclude the first 6 months of follow-up. *Relative rate of utilization in quintile 5 compared with quintile 1, adjusting for baseline differences in patient characteristics. Values in parentheses are 95% CIs.$

Figure 3. MCBS = Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey; MI = myocardial infarction. The graph presents unadjusted annual per capita spending on hospital and physician services (using standardized national prices) for each cohort in each quintile of the End-of-Life Expenditure Index. Data shown for the acute myocardial infarction, colorectal cancer, and hip fracture cohorts exclude the first 6 months of follow-up. *Relative rate of utilization in quintile 5 compared with quintile 1, adjusting for baseline differences in patient characteristics. Values in parentheses are 95% CIs. Per capita utilization of hospital and physician services during follow-up by study cohorts.