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More expensive care doesn't affect patient perceptions

Quality Improvement Monitor, May 30, 2008

A new study finds that patients who get more expensive medical treatments don’t necessarily perceive that their care is any better, according to HealthDay News.

The report, conducted by the University of Massachusetts, queried 2,515 Medicare beneficiaries about their perceptions of healthcare quality and compared their answers to per capita spending in different areas across the country.

Researchers found a strong link between per capita spending and patients who received more medical care, such as the number of doctor’s visits and cardiac tests, HealthDay reported.

But the study discovered the overall rating of perceived quality of care was higher in the lower-expenditure areas (63.3% reported an overall care rating of nine or 10) than in higher expenditure areas (55.4%).

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