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Health Care Costs:
The Role of Technology and Chronic Conditions
Bruce Chernof, MD
President & CEO
Alliance for Health Reform: Health Care Cost SeriesMay 29, 2012
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Chronic Conditions & Functional Limitations Together Explain High Per-Person Medicare Spending
31%
15%
48%
51%
15%
32%
7% 2%
Enrollees Spending
Chronic conditions &functional limitations
3 or more chronicconditions only
1-2 chronic conditionsonly
No chronic conditions
Source: H. Komisar & J. Feder, Transforming Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions and Long-Term Care Needs: Coordinating Care Across All Services, The SCAN Foundation, October 2011.
Medicare Spends More, Per Capita, on Seniors with Chronic Conditions and Functional Impairment than Seniors with Only Chronic Conditions
DataBrief (2011) ● No. 22
Page 3
Annual Per Capita Medicare Spending in 2006, by Number of Chronic Conditions and Presence of Functional Impairment1
1 N = 22,104,694 with any chronic conditions and no functional impairment, N = 3,562,347 with any chronic conditions and functional impairment. Excludes beneficiaries who died during 2006.
$5,961
$2,626$4,039
$5,972$7,116
$10,133
$17,498 $18,223
$15,435
$13,283
$17,375
$19,763
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
$18,000
$20,000
Any ChronicCondition
1 ChronicCondition
2 ChronicConditions
3 ChronicConditions
4 ChronicConditions
5 or More ChronicConditions
Seniors without functional impairment Seniors with functional impairment
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Dual Eligibles are Less than Half of Medicare Enrollees with Chronic Conditions and Functional Limitations
43% 48%
57% 52%
Enrollees Spending
"Non-Duals"
"Dual-Eligibles"
Source: H. Komisar & J. Feder, Transforming Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions and Long-Term Care Needs: Coordinating Care Across All Services, The SCAN Foundation, October 2011.
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