Study: Private Insurance is Better than Medicare

They measured within-hospital quality based on AHRQ’s innovative Inpatient Quality Indicators. Mortality due to heart attacks, pneumonia, and hip replacement were among the indicators examined.

Among the authors’ findings: Within hospitals, patients with private insurance had lower risk-adjusted mortality rates than Medicare patients for 12 out of the 15 indicators examined.

Source: Health Affairs.

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  1. JD says:

    “Among the authors’ findings: Within hospitals, patients with private insurance had lower risk-adjusted mortality rates than Medicare patients for 12 out of the 15 indicators examined.”

    I would expect similar results for all government programs.

  2. Ruth says:

    “Medicare patients appeared particularly vulnerable to receiving inferior care.”(Health Affairs)

    This is disappointing to see.

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