Note: Medicare enrollees in managed care plans are not included in the denominator used to calculate utilization rates. In addition, hospital outpatient services also 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 — 1.61 million Medicare beneficiaries
2. Texas — 1.4 million Medicare beneficiaries
3. Florida — 1.35 million Medicare beneficiaries
4. New York — 1.18 million Medicare beneficiaries
5. Illinois — 1.15 million Medicare beneficiaries
6. Michigan — 1.06 million Medicare beneficiaries
7. Pennsylvania — 1 million Medicare beneficiaries
8. Ohio — 914,000 Medicare beneficiaries
9. North Carolina — 784,000 Medicare beneficiaries
10. Massachusetts — 650,000 Medicare beneficiaries
Source: Kaiser State Health Facts
