Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Diagnosed with Heart Disease – Post-Acute Care Costs
![costs-post-acute-care Costs of Care per Capita for FFS Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with Heart Disease, 2015: Post Acute Care, by county. This map shows the concentrations of counties with the highest post acute care costs per capita – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma, with pockets located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Nevada, and Kansas.](/dhdsp/maps/images/costs-post-acute-care.png?_=17210)
Geographic Patterns: The average costs incurred by Post-Acute Care Medicare Beneficiary diagnosed with heart disease in 2020 by County. The map shows that the concentrations of counties with the highest average cost of care – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Pockets of high-rate counties also were found in Alaska, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota.