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. 1991 Spring;12(3):109-20.

Medicare expenditures for physician and supplier services, 1970-88

C Helbing  1 , V B Latta, R E Keene
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Medicare expenditures for physician and supplier services, 1970-88

C Helbing et al. Health Care Financ Rev. 1991 Spring.

Abstract

The trend data in this article focus on Medicare expenditures and allowed charges for physician and supplier services rendered during the period from 1970 through 1988. A brief overview is presented on the provisions of the new Medicare physician payment system mandated by Congress and scheduled to be phased in starting January 1, 1992. The data provide one of the baselines that could be used for measuring and evaluating the impact of the new Medicare payment system for physician services.

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Figure 1. Relative growth in total national health care expenditures, physician expenditures, total Medicare expenditures, and Medicare physician expenditures: Selected calendar years 1970-88 (Semi-logarithmic scale, 1970=100)
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Figure 2. Relative growth in total Medicare supplementary medical insurance expenditures, physician and supplier expenditures, and outpatient expenditures, by type of provider: Selected calendar years 1970-88 (Semi-logarithmic scale, 1970=100)
Figure 3
Figure 3. Percent distribution of Medicare allowed charges for physician and supplier services, by physician specialty: Calendar years 1984 and 1988
Figure 4
Figure 4. Percent distribution of Medicare allowed charges for physician and supplier services, by place of service: Calendar years 1984 and 1988
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