Association Between Medicare Expenditure Growth and Mortality Rates in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction A Comparison From 1999 Through 2014

JAMA
Donald S. Likosky, Jessica Van Parys, Weiping Zhou, William B. Borden, Milton C.Weinstein, Jonathan S. Skinner

Many studies have considered the association between Medicare spending and health outcomes at a point in time; few have considered the association between the long-term growth in spending and outcomes.