Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Nationwide High-deductible Health Plan Before and After the Affordable Care Act
Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Nationwide High-deductible Health Plan Before and After the Affordable Care Act
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DOI:
10.1097/mlr.0000000000000521
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发表时间:
2016-05-01
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3
通讯作者:
Ross-Degnan, Dennis
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作者:
Wharam, J. Frank;Zhang, Fang;Ross-Degnan, Dennis
Background: Little is known about the effect of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) elimination of out-of-pocket costs for preventive services. This policy likely reduced out-of-pocket colonoscopy costs most for high-deductible health plan (HDHP) members.Objectives: Determine the ACA's impact on colorectal cancer screening among HDHP members.Research Design: Pre-post with comparison group, constructed before and after the ACA.Subjects: We studied 2003-2012 administrative claims data of a large national health insurer. HDHP members had 1 year of low-deductible (=$ 1000) enrollment after an employer-mandated switch; HDHP enrollment occurred fully after the ACA for 21,605 members and fully before the ACA for 106,609 members. We propensity score-matched contemporaneous low-deductible (