The Implications of Regional Variations in Medicare Spending. Part 2: Health Outcomes and Satisfaction with Care

Figure 4. ) cohort. Income figures refer to the average monthly Social Security income of the patients' ZIP codes. Circles represent the adjusted relative risk for death associated with a 10% increase in the End-of-Life Expenditure Index across U.S. hospital referral regions; bars represent 95% CIs for the relative risk. *Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Great Lakes regions. †Did not change hospital referral region of residence in the 1 to 2 years before index admission. HMO = health maintenance organization.
Figure 4. ) cohort. Income figures refer to the average monthly Social Security income of the patients' ZIP codes. Circles represent the adjusted relative risk for death associated with a 10% increase in the End-of-Life Expenditure Index across U.S. hospital referral regions; bars represent 95% CIs for the relative risk. *Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Great Lakes regions. †Did not change hospital referral region of residence in the 1 to 2 years before index admission. HMO = health maintenance organization. Adjusted relative risk for death associated with a 10% increase in Medicare spending overall and among specified subgroups of the acute myocardial infarction ( MI

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  1. Ann Intern Med February 18, 2003 vol. 138 no. 4 288-298
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