Persistence and Drivers of High-Cost Status Among Dual-Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries

Little is known about the persistence of high-cost status among dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, who account for a substantial proportion of expenditures in both programs.To determine what proportion of this population has persistently high costs.Observational study.Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source data for 2008 to 2010.1 928 340 dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries who were alive all 3...