ReviewHealth services research2024
Is there an advantage? Considerations for researchers studying the effects of the type of Medicare coverage.
Review in Health services research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Air pollution predicts healthcare spending among older adults in the United States.Environment international · 2026Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Patients With Dementia in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.Medical care · 2025Article
- Osteoporosis testing and treatment remain low in both Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Article
- Skilled home healthcare utilization and outcomes for older adults with dementia: A scoping review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Vertical Integration and Care Experiences Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Racial/ethnic disparities in cost-related barriers to care among near-poor beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare.The American journal of managed care · 2024Article
- Medicare Advantage plan characteristics associated with sorting their beneficiaries to providers that generate fewer avoidable hospital stays.Health services research · 2024Article
- Medicare-Covered Services Near the End of Life in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare.JAMA health forum · 2024Article
- Long-term outcomes after rehabilitation in Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service beneficiaries.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Is there an advantage? Considerations for researchers studying the effects of the type of Medicare coverage.Health services research · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe common methodological problems that arise in comparisons of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) and within-MA studies and provide suggestions of how researchers can address these issues. STUDY
settingPublished research evaluating Medicare coverage options in the United States. STUDY
designWe considered key conceptual challenges and promising solutions that have been used thus far and suggest additional directions. DATA COLLECTION: Not available. PRINCIPAL
findingsMany existing studies of MA versus TM include significant limitations, such as failing to account for unobserved confounders driving both beneficiary coverage choice and health outcomes once enrolled, not accounting for variation in benefit generosity, provider networks, or plan design across MA plans, and/or having been conducted at a time when MA enrollment was less than a third of all Medicare beneficiaries. We provide a review of methods that can help researchers to overcome these weaknesses and suggest additional methods and data sources that may aid future research.
conclusionsThe MA program is becoming an essential part of the US healthcare system. By accounting for non-random movement into and out of MA and studying the heterogeneity of beneficiary experience across plan and market characteristics, researchers can provide the high-quality evidence necessary for policymakers to design the program and reform TM in ways that maximize beneficiary outcomes.
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