Wide variation in differences in resource use seen across conditions between Medicare Advantage, Traditional Medicare

Wide variation in differences in resource use seen across conditions between Medicare Advantage, Traditional Medicare
Health Affairs, by Jeah Jung, Caroline S. Carlin, Roger Feldman, Ge Song; 9/23
Medicare Advantage (MA) is a rapidly growing source of coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. Examining how MA performs compared with traditional Medicare is an important policy issue. We analyzed national MA encounter data and found that the adjusted differences in resource use between MA and traditional Medicare varied widely across medical conditions in 2019.