Association of Health Insurance Literacy with Health Care Utilization: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given increasing numbers of people experiencing transitions in health insurance due to declines in employer-sponsored insurance and changes in health policy, the understanding and application of health insurance terms and concepts (health insurance literacy) may be important for navigating use of health care. The study objective was to systematically review evidence on the relationship between health insurance literacy and health care utilization.

Methods

Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Cochrane Library, and reference lists of published literature were searched in August 2019. Quantitative, qualitative, and intervention studies that assessed the association of health insurance literacy as the exposure and health care utilization as the outcome

SUBMITTER: Yagi BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141365 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature