A case study of adapting a health insurance decision intervention from trial into routine cancer care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study adapted Improving Cancer Patients' Insurance Choices (I Can PIC), an intervention to help cancer patients navigate health insurance decisions and care costs. The original intervention improved knowledge and confidence making insurance decisions, however, users felt limited by choices provided in insurance markets. Using decision trees and frameworks to guide adaptations, we modified I Can PIC to focus on using rather than choosing health insurance. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unforeseen obstacles, prompting changes to study protocols. As a result, we allowed users outside of the study to use I Can PIC (> 1050 guest users) to optimize public benefit. This paper describes the steps took to conduct the study, evaluating both the effectiveness of I Can PIC and

SUBMITTER: Charles ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature