Insurance and Receipt of Recommended Care

Insurance doesn’t have much effect on whether patients receive recommended care:

Source:

• Asch SM, Kerr EA, Keesey J, Adams JL, Setodji CM, Malik S, et al. Who Is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-Quality Health Care? New England Journal of Medicine. 2006;354(11):1147-56. PubMed PMID: 16540615.

HT: Ashish Jha of The Health Care Blog.