The one-year impact of accountable care networks among Washington State employees.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the impact of a new, two-sided risk model accountable care network (ACN) on Washington State employees and their families.

Data sources/study setting

Administrative data (January 2013-December 2016) on Washington State employees.

Study design

We compared monthly health care utilization, health care intensity as measured through proxy pricing, and annual HEDIS quality metrics between the five intervention counties to 13 comparison counties, analyzed separately by age categories (ages 0-5, 6-18, 19-26, 18-64).

Data collection/extraction methods

We used difference-in-difference methods and generalized estimating equations to estimate the effects after 1 year of implementation for adults and children.

Principal findings

We estimate a 1-

SUBMITTER: Coe NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313948 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature