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Approximately 20 percent of Medicare patients with melanoma face delays in getting surgical treatment

Medicare Beneficiaries With Melanoma May Face Tx Delay

Around one in five Medicare patients experience a surgical delay greater than 1.5 months
During 2002 to 2011

Productivity Growth in U.S. Hospitals During 2002 to 2011

In adjusted analyses, productivity growth seen for treatment of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia
Report cards on the quality of surgical care provided by hospitals don't appear to benefit Medicare patients

ACS-NSQIP Report Cards Don’t Appear to Provide Much Benefit

Better use of data to implement change is needed, researchers suggest