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Background
The long‐term impact of affordable care organizations (ACOs) on cancer spending remains unknown. The authors examined whether practices that became ACOs altered their spending for patients with cancer in the first 4 years after ACO implementation.
Methods
By using national Medicare data from 2011 to 2017, a random sample of 20% of fee‐for‐service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years...
Background
Healthy Days at Home (HDAH) is a novel population‐based outcome measure. In this study, its use as a potential measure for cancer patients at the end of life (EOL) was explored.
Methods
Patient demographics and health care use among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who died over the years 2014 to 2017 were identified. The HDAH was calculated by subtracting the following components...
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