Productivity Growth in Treating a Major Chronic Health Condition

John Romley, Dana Goldman, Neeraj Sood and Abe Dunn

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Abstract: Recent assessments of acute episodes of care point to productivity growth stemming from improvements in patient outcomes. This study assesses productivity growth in the treatment of a major chronic condition, specifically, type 2 diabetes. Analyzing traditional Medicare beneficiaries with new diagnoses over 2004-2012, we find that the productivity of health care improved at an annualized rate of 2.2%. In this context productivity growth translated into only modest improvement in patient outcomes; most of the growth was realized in the form of lower treatment costs. These findings are robust to a range of sensitivity analyses.

JEL-codes: E60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-05
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