Percentage of Patients in the Acute Myocardial Infarction Cohort Who Received the Recommended Therapy (Among Ideal Candidates), According to Type of Hospital and Quintile of Medicare Spending
* An arrow pointing downward indicates that as Medicare spending increases across regions, the percentage of patients receiving the specific recommended therapy decreases. For five out of six comparisons, higher spending is associated with lower quality. ‘ns’ indicates there is no significant association.
Source: Fisher ES, Wennberg D, et al. “The Implications of Regional Variations in Medicare Spending. Part 1: The Content, Quality, and Accessibility of Care.” Annals of Internal Medicine, 138: 273–287. Available at: www.annals.org. [2003].