Medicare beneficiaries with higher medical spending have better health outcomes
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study from George Mason University and the Urban Institute reveals that greater spending on medical services means better overall health for Medicare participants. Health Administration and Policy Professor Jack Hadley and his co-authors, Urban Institute researchers Timothy Waidmann, Stephen Zuckerman, and Robert Berenson, analyzed data from more than 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries to draw this conclusion.