Does payer type -- commercial insurance or Medicare -- affect the use of low-value care?

(The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice) In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice examined the connection between payer type and low-value care to determine what effect insurance design (commercial insurance vs. Medicare) may have on medical overuse and waste. To better understand the association between reimbursement and the use of low-value care, the researchers compared the use of seven medic...