No Considerable Changes in Use of High-Value and Low-Value Care Services for Medicare Eligibility and Enrollment at 65 Years

HMP Global September 22, 2022
Yvette C Terrie

Findings from a recent study suggest that while Medicare eligibility and enrollment at age 65 years led to increased utilization of some high-value and low-value care services, there were no changes in the utilization of most other services offered (Health Serv Res. 2022; 10.1111/1475-6773.14065. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.14065).

Utilizing the data from the 2002-2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, researchers, Sungchul Park, MD, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Health Science, Korea University, BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health Systems, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, and colleagues sought to assess the effects of Medicare eligibility and enrollment in the use of high-value and low-value care services.

The primary outcomes included use of high-value care services (eight services)...

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