Among the beneficiaries of various federal health plans, those covered by Medicare gave their personal physicians the highest rating in 2015, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
In the 2015 edition of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Health Plan Survey, 77% of Medicare recipients gave their personal physicians a rating of 9 or 10 on a 1-10 scale, compared with 73% for Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiaries, 73% for children on Medicaid, and 64% for adults on Medicaid, the AHRQ reported.
The ratings for personal physicians were the highest overall of the four areas rated in the survey. Patients’ ratings of specialists were similar but slightly lower: 72% gave the highest rating (9 or 10) for Medicare, 70% for CHIP and child Medicaid, and 64% for adult Medicaid, the CAHPS data show.
The rating of all health care was the lowest overall score among the four areas rated for the Medicaid (65% child/52% adult) and CHIP (66%) populations, and the rating of the health plan was the lowest score of the four for Medicare (60%), the AHRQ noted.