An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report found Medicare patients gave their physicians the highest ratings in 2015, according to Family Practice News.
Here are five takeaways:
1. In 2015, 77 percent of Medicare recipients rated their physicians a nine or 10 on a 10-point scale.
2. Of Children's Health Insurance Program beneficiaries, 73 percent gave their physician the highest rating (nine or a 10).
3. Sixty-four percent of adult Medicaid patients rated their physician a nine or a 10.
4. Of Medicare patients, 72 percent gave specialists a nine or a 10, compared to 70 percent for CHIP and Medicaid.
5. Sixty-four percent of adult Medicaid patients gave their specialist the highest rating.
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