Do high-deductible health plans affect price paid for childbirth?
Do high-deductible health plans affect price paid for childbirth?
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高免赔额健康计划会影响分娩费用吗?
DOI:
10.1111/1475-6773.13702
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Cliff,BetsyQ
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作者:
Cliff,BetsyQ
Objective To test whether out‐of‐pocket costs and negotiated hospital prices for childbirth change after enrollment in high‐deductible health plans (HDHPs) and whether price effects differ in markets with more hospitals. Data Sources Administrative medical claims data from 2010 to 2014 from three large commercial insurers with plans in all US states provided by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI). Study Design I identify employer groups that switched from non‐HDHPs in 1 year to HDHPs in a subsequent year. I estimate enrollees' change in out‐of‐pocket costs and negotiated hospital prices for childbirth after HDHP switch, relative to a comparison group of employers that do not switch plans. I use a triple‐difference design to estimate price changes for enrollees in markets with more hospital choices. Finally, I re‐estimate models with hospital‐fixed effects. Data Collection From the HCCI sample, childbearing women enrolled in an employer‐sponsored plan with at least 10 people. Principal Findings Switching to an HDHP increases out‐of‐pocket cost 227(p<0.001;comparisongroupbase 790) and has no meaningful effect on hospital‐negotiated prices (− 26,p=0.756;comparisongroupbase 5821). HDHP switch is associated with a marginally statistically significant price increase in markets with three or fewer hospitals (343,p=0.096;comparisongroupbase 5806) and, relative to those markets, with a price decrease in markets with more than three hospitals (− 512;p=0.028).Predictedpricesdecreasefrom 5702 to 5551afterHDHPswitchinmarketswithmorethanthreehospitalsdueprimarilytolowerpricesconditionalonusingthesamehospital.ConclusionsPricesforchildbirthinmarketswithmorehospitalsdecreaseafterHDHPswitchduetolowerhospitalpricesforHDHPsrelativetopricesatthosesamehospitalsfornon‐HDHPs.TheseresultsreinforcepreviousfindingsthatHDHPsdonotpromotepriceshoppingbutsuggestnegotiatedpricesmaybelowerforHDHPenrollees.
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发表时间:
1984
期刊:
Annals of allergy
影响因子:
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作者:
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影响因子:
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