1. Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Medicare Spending per Enrollee, Relative to U.S Median Spending for Each Population, 2014
Per-Enrollee Spending: Employer-Sponsored Insurance
0.62–0.89 (76 HRRs)
Per-Beneficiary Spending: Medicare
0.64–0.89 (77 HRRs)
0.90–0.99 (75 HRRs)
0.90–0.99 (76 HRRs)
1.00–1.08 (75 HRRs)
1.00–1.08 (77 HRRs)
1.09–2.12 (75 HRRs)
1.09–1.52 (76 HRRs)
Notes: Ratio values lower than 1.0 indicate lower-than-median spending, ratio values higher than 1.0 indicate higher-than-median spending. Median spending is determined separately for the commercially insured and Medicare populations. Spending estimates exclude prescription drug costs; are adjusted for regional wage differences; and Medicare estimates reflect only the age 65+ Medicare fee-for-service population.
Data: Commercial—2014 Truven MarketScan Database, analysis by M. Chernew, Harvard Medical School. Medicare—2014 administrative claims via February 2016 CMS Geographic Variation Public Use File.
Source: Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on Local Health System Performance, 2016 Edition.