Impact of High Deductible Health Plans on U.S. Adults With Chronic Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic pain affects an estimated 20% of U.S. adults. Because high-deductible health plans have captured a growing share of the commercial insurance market, it is unknown how high-deductible health plans impact care for chronic pain.

Methods

Using 2007-2017 claims data from a large national commercial insurer, statistical analyses conducted in 2022-2023 estimated changes in enrollee outcomes before and after their firm began offering a high-deductible health plan compared with changes in outcomes in a comparison group of enrollees at firms never offering a high-deductible health plan. The sample included 757,530 commercially insured adults aged 18-64 years with headache, low back pain, arthritis, neuropathic pain, or fibromyalgia. Outcomes, measured at the enrol

SUBMITTER: Kennedy-Hendricks A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10592566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature