Table 3.

Mean and Median Rating for Obstetricians and Gynecologists.^a

		Large Metropolitan					Metropolitan					Micropolitan and Rural
	Miles	15	30	60	120	240	15	30	60	120	240	15	30	60	120	240
HMO
Star rating
MA	Mean score	3.30	3.34	3.34	3.33	3.32	3.45	3.43	3.37	3.38	3.38	3.00	3.00	3.26	3.40	3.47
TM		3.30	3.30	3.32	3.34	3.33	3.51	3.52	3.42	3.35	3.33	3.08	3.26	3.29	3.36	3.32
MA	Median score	3.41	3.41	3.54	3.64	3.65	3.66	3.73	3.74	3.77	3.80	3.00	3.00	3.24	3.28	3.69
TM		3.45	3.27	3.46	3.95	3.98	3.87	3.94	3.86	3.93	3.94	3.13	3.36	3.29	3.79	3.56
Percentile
MA	Mean score	71.05	71.99	71.90	71.72	71.52	74.76	73.87	72.76	72.88	72.71	71.00	70.84	71.95	74.51	75.72
TM		71.55	71.38	71.74	72.03	71.83	75.69	76.14	74.18	72.55	71.87	71.86	69.97	70.55	72.71	71.38
MA	Median score	73.29	74.69	74.87	75.20	75.14	77.70	77.84	76.55	76.13	76.00	71.00	70.84	72.49	72.71	77.01
TM		74.60	74.15	74.60	75.29	74.98	78.83	80.24	78.09	76.19	75.15	72.47	73.73	73.06	75.02	74.31
PPO
Star rating
MA	Mean score	3.25	3.32	3.35	3.36	3.34	3.80	3.68	3.45	3.36	3.35
TM		3.32	3.30	3.31	3.33	3.33	3.56	3.53	3.43	3.36	3.33
MA	Median score	3.29	3.24	3.68	4.00	4.00	3.87	3.89	3.99	4.00	4.00
TM		3.49	3.25	3.42	3.94	4.00	3.97	3.99	3.91	4.00	4.00
Percentile
MA	Mean score	68.47	71.84	72.82	72.64	72.35	77.34	75.22	74.35	73.22	72.71
TM		71.88	71.43	71.57	71.92	71.83	76.69	76.38	74.62	72.81	71.90
MA	Median score	69.42	72.62	75.15	75.86	75.08	78.58	78.05	78.20	76.17	75.71
TM		75.14	74.34	74.47	75.20	75.00	79.96	80.37	78.60	76.71	75.30

Abbreviations: MA, Medicare Advantage; TM, traditional Medicare.

^aAll differences between TM and MA are significant at P < .001 unless marked in bold.