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Test Your Knowledge about Medicare payments for Connecticut residents in the last two years of life
August 2009

1. Which Connecticut hospital has the highest per patient Medicare spending in the last two years of life?

a) Yale-New Haven
b) UConn Health Center
c) Hartford Hospital
d) Rockville

2. Which Connecticut hospital had the most Medicare deaths?

a) Yale-New Haven
b) Hospital of St. Raphael
c) Hartford Hospital
d) Masonic Healthcare Center

3. How many of Connecticut's 31 hospitals per day costs were below the US average?

a) none
b) All of them
c) 15
d) 4

4. Which Connecticut hospital was the most expensive per day for Medicare patients in the last two days of life?

a) Yale-New Haven
b) Mid-State Medical Center
c) Hartford Hospital
d) Danbury Hospital

5. In which area of Connecticut are average physician payments per visit below the US average?

a) Bridgeport
b) New Haven
c) Hartford
d) None

Source: Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

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