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Table 4 Relative Medicare Payments1 in 2005 by Claim Type for Selected Chronic Conditions

From: Prevalence of multiple chronic conditions in the United States' Medicare population

Condition2

Inpatient

SNF

HH

Hospice

OP

Physician/

Supplier

DME

Cancer

7.4

7.2

4.5

5.1

5.2

4.7

4.8

CKD

15.4

18.5

9.8

4.8

8.9

4.6

9.6

COPD

12.8

16.0

8.7

4.4

4.2

3.9

13.0

Depression

9.1

17.5

7.5

3.6

4.1

3.2

6.4

Diabetes

6.9

8.6

6.0

2.5

3.8

2.8

7.4

HF

11.9

16.5

9.3

5.5

4.9

3.6

8.8

# Conditions

       

None

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

One

3.1

3.8

2.9

2.2

2.3

2.0

3.7

Two

7.7

10.3

6.5

4.0

4.3

3.2

7.7

Three +

19.4

26.6

13.7

6.1

8.0

5.5

14.0

  1. 1Relative payments are calculated using a ratio of means (ROM): average payments for beneficiaries with the condition divided by the average payments for beneficiaries with none of the selected conditions.
  2. 2Beneficiaries may be counted in more than one chronic condition category and/or claim type.