Top 20 States With the Most Patients Who Received Outpatient Services in 2010

Here are the top 20 states with the greatest number of Medicare beneficiaries who received outpatient services in 2010, according to the latest statistics from Kaiser State Health Facts.

Note: Medicare enrollees in managed care plans are not included in the denominator used to calculate utilization rates. In addition, hospital outpatient services include the facility component for those procedures performed in a hospital outpatient department operating room which are subject to the ambulatory surgical center or blended ASC fee schedule and hospital-based renal dialysis facility services.

1.    California — 1,615,000
2.    Texas — 1,401,000
3.    Florida — 1,352,000
4.    New York — 1,179,000
5.    Illinois — 1,156,000
6.    Michigan — 1,065,000
7.    Pennsylvania — 1,007,000
8.    Ohio — 914,000
9.    North Carolina — 784,000
10.    Massachusetts — 650,000
11.    Virginia — 642,000
12.    Georgia — 642,000
13.    New Jersey — 626,000
14.    Indiana — 587,000
15.    Missouri — 528,000
16.    Tennessee — 517,000
17.    Alabama — 460,000
18.    South Carolina — 454,000
19.    Kentucky — 429,000
20.    Wisconsin — 421,000

Source: Kaiser State Health Facts

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