Less Than 5% Difference In Prevalence Of Four Of Five Chronic Conditions Between Medicare Advantage & Fee-For-Service Populations, But Diabetes Is 27% Higher

The prevalence of four of five common chronic conditions differed by less than 5% between Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries and traditional fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. The two populations of beneficiaries had a similar prevalence for obesity (difference of 1.2%) hypertension (difference of 0.1%), hyperlipidemia (difference of 3.7%), and chronic kidney disease (difference of 3.6%), but the prevalence of diabetes was 26.6% higher in the MA population than the FFS population.

Prevalence Of Chronic Conditions In MA Beneficiaries Versus FFS Medicare BeneficiariesChronic ConditionPrevalence For MA BeneficiariesPrevalence For FFS Medicare BeneficiariesObesity41.1%40.6%Hypertension70.9 . . .