Cost trends for chronic-condition cohorts with Medicare benefits
01 May 2008
Conventional wisdom holds that the cost of chronic care is a major factor in the rising overall cost of healthcare. This makes sense intuitively. But what does the data say?
Our analysis of chronic and non-chronic Medicare populations turns conventional wisdom on its head. On a per-patient basis, we found that non-chronic patients have a higher rate of healthcare cost increase than do those with chronic conditions.
About the Author(s)
Donna L. Kalin
Cost trends for chronic-condition cohorts with Medicare benefits
Our analysis of chronic and non-chronic Medicare populations turns conventional wisdom on its head. On a per-patient basis, we found that non-chronic patients have a higher rate of healthcare cost increase than do those with chronic conditions.
Kate Fitch, Kosuke Iwasaki, Donna Kalin, Bruce Pyenson