Overuse and insurance plan type in a privately insured population.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:A substantial portion of healthcare spending is wasted on services that do not directly improve patient health and that cause harm in some cases. Features of health insurance coverage, including enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) or health maintenance organizations (HMOs), may provide financial and nonfinancial mechanisms to potentially reduce overuse of low-value healthcare services. STUDY DESIGN:Using 2009 to 2013 administrative data from 3 large commercial insurers, we examined patient characteristics and health insurance plan types associated with overuse of 6 healthcare services identified by the Choosing Wisely campaign. METHODS:We explored associations between overuse and patient characteristics using multivariate logistic regression models, including pati

SUBMITTER: Rosenthal MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5985657 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature