Just how much less expensive?
An analysis of the cost-effectiveness of Grand Junction’s health system -- for the state, the federal government and the patient.
Grand Junction's heavily non-profit system of health care:
- Saved Colorado $2 million a year in Medicaid reimbursements between 2003 and 2005
- Saved the federal government $13.2 million on Medicare from 2000 to 2002
- Is the most cost-effective deliverer of services for chronic diseases in the nation
- Hospitalized patients one-third as many days as the national average
- Saved $5,150 per person who died in hospice care, compared to national average
Back to the full series on Grand Junction's healthcare system.
- Saved Colorado $2 million a year in Medicaid reimbursements between 2003 and 2005
- Saved the federal government $13.2 million on Medicare from 2000 to 2002
- Is the most cost-effective deliverer of services for chronic diseases in the nation
- Hospitalized patients one-third as many days as the national average
- Saved $5,150 per person who died in hospice care, compared to national average
Back to the full series on Grand Junction's healthcare system.
