Examining public knowledge and preferences for adult preventive services coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To examine (1) what individuals know about the existing adult preventive service coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and (2) which preventive services individuals think should be covered without cost sharing.

Methods

An online panel from Survey Monkey was used to obtain a sample of 2,990 adults age 18 and older in March 2015, analyzed 2015-2017. A 17-item survey instrument was designed and used to evaluate respondents' knowledge of the adult preventive services provision of the ACA. Additionally, we asked whether various preventive services should be covered. The data include age, sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment as well as measures of political ideology, previous insurance status, the number of chronic conditions, and usual sour

SUBMITTER: Williams JAR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738055 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature