Risk Factors for Early Disenrollment From Colorado's Affordable Care Act Marketplace.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Midyear disenrollment from Marketplace coverage may have detrimental effects on continuity of care and risk pool stability of individual health insurance markets.

Objective

The main objective of this study was to assess associations between insurance plan characteristics, individual and area-level demographics, and disenrollment from Marketplace coverage.

Data

All payer claims data from individual market enrollees, 2014-2016.

Study design

We estimated Cox proportional hazards models to assess the relationship between plan actuarial value and Marketplace enrollment. The primary outcome was disenrollment from Marketplace coverage before the end of the year. We also calculated the proportion of enrollees who transitioned to other coverage after leaving

SUBMITTER: Gordon SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707510 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature