Usability of Health Care Price Transparency Data in the United States: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing health care expenditure in the United States has put policy makers under enormous pressure to find ways to curtail costs. Starting January 1, 2021, hospitals operating in the United States were mandated to publish transparent, accessible pricing information online about the items and services in a consumer-friendly format within comprehensive machine-readable files on their websites.

Objective

The aims of this study are to analyze the available files on hospitals' websites, answering the question-is price transparency (PT) information as provided usable for patients or for machines?-and to provide a solution.

Methods

We analyzed 39 main hospitals in Florida that have published machine-readable files on their website, including commercial carriers

SUBMITTER: Maleki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature