States with less low-value care might also have a tough time in accessing care; in addition, many that have smaller percentages of low-value care include significant rural areas. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Where patients live increases the odds that they'll be on the receiving end of low-value health care services.
That's according to the findings of an analysis published by researchers at consultancy Altarum and funded by the PhRMA Foundation. Low-value services, the report says, include opioids to treat headaches, routine cervical cancer screening and imaging for low back pain.
Approximately 20 percent of members of a large national insurer living in Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina and New York, it said, got at least one low-value service in 2015. For members in Alaska, North Dakota, Utah and Oregon, on the other hand, only about 10 percent were provided a low-value service.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
