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Efficiency: Blacks with Medicare receive more end-of-life care than whites with Medicare.

Efficiency: Blacks with Medicare receive more end-of-life care than whites with Medicare. Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries admitted to intensive care unit in last six months of life, 1998–2001. Note: Data are age adjusted and correlations are weighted by the size of the black population.

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Efficiency: Blacks with Medicare receive more end-of-life care than whites with Medicare.

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  1. Efficiency: Blacks with Medicare receivemore end-of-life care than whites with Medicare. Percentage of Medicare beneficiaries admitted tointensive care unit in last six months of life, 1998–2001 Note: Data are age adjusted and correlations are weighted by the size of the black population. Source: K. Baicker et al., “Who You Are and Where You Live: How Race and Geography Affect the Treatment of Medicare Beneficiaries,” Health Affairs Web Exclusive (Oct. 7, 2004):var33–var44.

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