"It's just not easy to understand": A mixed methods study of health insurance literacy and insurance plan decision-making in cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding cancer survivors' health insurance decision-making is needed to improve insurance choice, potentially resulting in reduced financial hardship.

Methods

This explanatory mixed methods study assessed health insurance decision-making in cancer survivors. Health Insurance Literacy Measure (HILM) captured HIL. Quantitative eye-tracking data collected from two simulated health insurance plan choice sets gauged dwell time (seconds), or interest, in benefits. Dwell time differences by HIL were estimated using adjusted linear models. Qualitative interviews explored survivors' insurance decision-making choices.

Results

Cancer survivors (N = 80; 38% breast cancer) had a median age of 43 at diagnosis (IQR 34-52). When comparing traditional and high-deducti

SUBMITTER: Williams CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10417217 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature