Trends in Disenrollment and Reenrollment Within US Commercial Health Insurance Plans, 2006-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The commercial health insurance market is characterized by consistently high enrollee turnover. Turnover can disrupt care continuity for patients and create challenges for insurers in managing the health of their enrollee populations. Yet the extent to which enrollees reenroll is not widely known.

Objective

To characterize rates of disenrollment (hereafter, external turnover) and reenrollment in commercial health plans.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study, trends in turnover and reenrollment in commercial health plans between January 1, 2006, and August 31, 2018, were analyzed. Data analysis was conducted from January 21, 2020, through December 23, 2021. Participants included 3 018 633 primary members and their

SUBMITTER: Fang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8874349 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature