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Keohane LM, Freed S, Stevenson DG, Thapa S, Stewart L, Buntin MB. Trends in Postacute Care Spending Growth During the Medicare Spending Slowdown. Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund). 2018 Dec 1;2018(2018). 1-11.
Abstract
Over the past decade, traditional Medicare’s per-beneficiary spending grew at historically low levels. To understand this phenomenon, it is important to examine trends in postacute care, which experienced exceptionally high spending growth in prior decades.