Quality of Care Statistics in the Medicare Program

MedPAC (The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) published a data book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program.  A chapter in this data book was "Quality of Care Statistics in the Medicare Program". The following statistics (with charts) were discussed in the chapter:

• In-hospital and 30-day post-discharge mortality rates
• Hospital inpatient safety indicators
• Risk adjusted SNF quality indicators
• Home health quality measures
• Dialysis quality of care
• Medicare advantage quality measures

Additionally there are web links on the Quality of Care in the Medicare Program.

To view and download the full resource, please go to the following link: Quality of Care Statistics in the Medicare Program

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