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Secondary outcomes included spending and use by type of post-acute care. BPCI and non-BPCI hospitals were compared by patient, hospital, and hospital market characteristics. Market characteristics included population size, competitiveness, and post-acute bed supply.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the 226 BPCI hospitals, episodes of care totaled 261\u2009163 in the baseline period and 93\u2009562 in the treatment period compared with 211\u2009208 and 78\u2009643 in the 700 matched non-BPCI hospitals, respectively, with small differences in hospital and market characteristics after matching. Differing trends were seen for some patient characteristics (eg, mean age change \u22120.3 years at BPCI hospitals <jats:italic>v<\/jats:italic> non- BPCI hospitals, P&lt;0.001). In the adjusted analysis, participation in BPCI was associated with a decrease in total episode spending (\u22121.2%, 95% confidence interval \u22122.3% to \u22120.2%). Spending on care at skilled nursing facilities decreased (\u22126.3%, \u221210.0% to \u22122.5%) owing to a reduced number of facility days (\u22126.2%, \u22129.8% to \u22122.6%), and home health spending increased (4.4%, 1.4% to 7.5%). Mortality at 90 days did not change (\u22120.1 percentage points, 95% confidence interval \u22120.5 to 0.2 percentage points).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this longer term evaluation of a large national programme on medical bundled payments in the US, participation in bundles for four common medical conditions was associated with savings at three years. 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