Informed Decision-making for Health Insurance Enrollment: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health insurance enrollment is a difficult financial decision with large health impacts. Challenges such as low health insurance literacy and lack of knowledge about choosing a plan further complicate this decision-making process. Therefore, to support consumers in their choice of a health insurance plan, it is essential to understand how individuals go about making this decision.

Objective

This study aims to understand the sources of information used by individuals to support their employer-provided health insurance enrollment decisions. It seeks to describe how individual descriptive factors lead to choosing a particular type of information source.

Methods

An introduction was presented on health insurance plan selection and the sources of information used

SUBMITTER: Colon-Morales CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8391737 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature