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Patients enrolled in traditional Medicare were more likely to be treated at a teaching hospital (23% compared to 8%). Medicare beneficiaries were also more likely than MA members to visit hospitals with a higher medium number of total beds, ICU beds, annual inpatient surgical volume and operating rooms.
In addition, the analysis found that MA members faced a delay of two weeks or more between diagnosis and their first course of therapy. The City of Hope researchers suspect this is related to the greater prior authorization required in MA.
Patients enrolled in traditional Medicare were more likely to be treated at a teaching hospital (23% compared to 8%). Medicare beneficiaries were also more likely than MA members to visit hospitals with a higher medium number of total beds, ICU beds, annual inpatient surgical volume and operating rooms.
In addition, the analysis found that MA members faced a delay of two weeks or more between diagnosis and their first course of therapy. The City of Hope researchers suspect this is related to the greater prior authorization required in MA.