Fig. 11

Replicated 'Tracking Medicine' Analysis. Depicted is a reproduced national hospital referral region analysis from Tracking Medicine, with Louisianan referral regions highlighted, presenting the positive association between aggregated 2003 Medicare Parts A & B spending to care intensity constructed from hospital care intensity indexes aggregated from 2001 to 2005 using a decedent cohort over the last two years of life. These data are constructed using a 20% sample of Medicare beneficiaries for studied years (Dartmouth Atlas Project) [10]