Table 1.
Hospitals MU Ready | Hospitals at EMRAM Stage 4 or above | Physician EHR | Per‐Beneficiary Total of All Medicare Part A and Part B Expenditures | Per‐Beneficiary Expenditures for Inpatient Acute Care Hospital Services | Per‐Beneficiary Expenditures for Total Medicare Part B Expenditures | Per‐Beneficiary Expenditures on Imaging | Per‐Beneficiary Expenditures on Laboratory Testing | |
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2010 | 14% | 20% | 53% | $11,147 | $3,692 | $4,378 | $194 | $116 |
2013 | 41% | 55% | 70% | $10,484 | $3,265 | $4,292 | $191 | $94 |
We calculated hospital EHR variables as national averages over hospital‐level data, the physician EHR variable as national averages over physician‐level data, and per beneficiary expenditures as national averages over beneficiary‐level data. All dollar values are in 2013 dollars.