Skip to main content
eScholarship
Open Access Publications from the University of California

The Effect of Mandated State Education Spending on Total Local Resources

Abstract

The quality of care received by Medicare beneficiaries varies across areas. We find that states with higher Medicare spending have lower-quality care. This negative relationship may be driven by the use of intensive, costly care that crowds out the use of more effective care. One mechanism for this trade-off may be the mix of the provider workforce: States with more general practitioners use more effective care and have lower spending, while those with more specialists have higher costs and lower quality. Improving the quality of beneficiaries’ care could be accomplished with more effective use of existing dollars.

Main Content
For improved accessibility of PDF content, download the file to your device.
Current View