Comparing Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare: A systematic review

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2020
Year Published

2021
Quality Rating

3/9 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (48)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

USA (48)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Financial arrangements
Financing systems
Social health insurance
Private insurance
User fees
Purchasing products & services
Scope & nature of insurance plans
Lists of covered/reimbursed organizations, providers, services & products
Delivery arrangements
How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
Availability of care
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

This document has not been identified as addressing a specific domain

Publication details

Citation

Agarwal R, Connolly J, Gupta S, Navathe AS. Comparing Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare: A systematic review. Health Affairs. 2021;40(6):937-944.
DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.2020.02149

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