Primary Care Utilization and Expenditures in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, 2007–2016

Plenty of public discussion re admin costs with FFS Traditional #Medicare vs Medicare Advantage but outcomes and total costs shld be the focus. MA led to more prmry care visits at lower costs/enrollee- will this translate into imprvd outcomes? @ASlavitt…

Compared to TM enrollees, MA enrollees had 0.15 more primary care (PC) visits per person, but they had $59 lower PC expenditures/person, which equals 5.40% & 10.95% of the corresponding unadjusted estimates for TM enrollees. @sungchul_p @nbcoe1 @joe…

RT @sungchul_p: Our paper is out! We found that compared to TM enrollees, MA enrollees had more primary care visits, but at lower prices. B…

RT @sungchul_p: Our paper is out! We found that compared to TM enrollees, MA enrollees had more primary care visits, but at lower prices. B…