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A Randomized Experiment Of The Split Benefit Health Insurance Reform To Reduce High-Cost, Low-Value Consumption, Christopher Robertson, David V. Yokum, Nimish Sheth, Keith A. Joiner
A Randomized Experiment Of The Split Benefit Health Insurance Reform To Reduce High-Cost, Low-Value Consumption, Christopher Robertson, David V. Yokum, Nimish Sheth, Keith A. Joiner
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Traditional cost sharing for health care is stymied by limited patient wealth. The “split benefit” is a new way to reduce consumption of high-cost, low-value treatments for which the risk/benefit ratio is uncertain. When a physician prescribes a costly unproven procedure, the insurer could pay a portion of the benefit directly to the patient, creating a decision opportunity for the patient. The insurer saves the remainder, unless the patient consumes. In this paper, a vignette-based randomized controlled experiment with 1,800 respondents sought to test the potential efficacy of the split benefit. The intervention reduced the odds of consumption by about …
Community Benefit 501(R)Edux: An Analysis Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act’S Limitations Under Community Benefit Reform, Zachary J. Buxton
Community Benefit 501(R)Edux: An Analysis Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act’S Limitations Under Community Benefit Reform, Zachary J. Buxton
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
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