2008

Relationship Between Regional Per Capita Medicare Expenditures and Patient Perceptions of Quality of Care

JAMA
Fowler FJ, Gallagher PM, Anthony DL, Larsen K, Skinner JS

Wide variations in Medicare expenditures exist across regions, but little is known about whether beneficiaries residing in low-expenditure regions perceive receiving lower-quality care than those in high-expenditure regions. Our objective was to evaluate how Medicare beneficiaries’ perceptions of their health care are related to per capita expenditure in the areas where they live.