Understanding Medicare: Hearing Loss and Health Literacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Medicare has become an increasingly complex program to navigate with numerous choices available to beneficiaries with important implications for their financial exposure and access to care. Although research has identified poor health literacy as a barrier to understanding Medicare, little information is available on the experience of individuals with hearing loss. This study examined how hearing loss impacts Medicare beneficiaries in understanding the program, their ability to compare and review plan options, and their satisfaction with available information.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis using multivariate ordinal logistic regression.

Setting

Nationally representative survey of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States (Medicare Current Ben

SUBMITTER: Willink A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297536 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature