Spending per Hospital Patient with Medicare

This measure shows whether Medicare spends more, less or about the same per Medicare patient treated in a specific hospital, compared to how much Medicare spends per patient nationally. This measure includes any Medicare Part A and Part B payments made for services provided to a patient during the 3 days prior to the hospital stay, during the stay, and during the 30 days after discharge from the hospital. Note: A value of 1 means that Medicare spends about the same amount per patient for an episode of care initiated at this hospital as it does per hospital patient nationally. A value >1 indicates that Medicare spends more per patient and a value <1 means that Medicare spends less per patient for an episode of care initiated at this hospital than it spends per hospital patient nationally.

--Author: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission