Participation in alternative health plans : the role of financial incentives in Medicare beneficiaries' decisions / M. Susan Marquis, Jeannette A. Rogowski.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991Description: xvii, 70 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- computer
- unmediated
- online resource
- volume
- 0833011847
- HD7102.U4 M37 1991
- Available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
"RAND/UCLA/Harvard Center for Health Care Financing Policy Research."
Includes bibliographical references (67-70).
Medicare beneficiaries choosing to enroll in an alternative health plan (AHP) must make a tradeoff between restricted choice of provider and financial incentives to enroll in the plan. This study examines this tradeoff empirically by estimating a model of beneficiary plan choice using survey data in which beneficiaries were asked to state a preference between several hypothetical AHPs and their current Medicare coverage. The results show that a substantial financial incentive is necessary to attract beneficiaries. For an incentive of a given amount, plans that provide financial protection against high-cost hospitalizations or long-term care are more attractive than plans that offer additional ambulatory benefits.
Available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
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