Still searching: how people use health care price information in the United States
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Public Agenda)
- Author(s):
- Schleifer, David, author Silliman, Rebecca, author Rinehart, Chloe, author
- Contributor(s):
- New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth), issuing body. Public Agenda Foundation, issuing body. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Public Agenda, April 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Access to Information Consumer Behavior Financing, Personal Health Care Costs Cost Savings Deductibles and Coinsurance Fees and Charges Insurance, Health State Government Humans Florida New Hampshire New York Texas United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This brief explores how Americans overall and residents of four states--New York, Texas, Florida and New Hampshire--are trying to find and use health care price information and their attitudes about prices. Important findings include: (1) 50 percent of Americans have tried to find out before getting care how much they would have to pay out of pocket, not including copays, and/or how much their insurers would pay, including 20 percent who have tried to compare prices across multiple providers. (1) Higher percentages of Texas, Florida and New Hampshire residents have tried to find price information and have tried to compare prices than New York State residents and Americans overall. (1) Of Americans who have tried to compare prices, 53 percent report saving money. In New York State, Texas, Florida and New Hampshire, people who have tried to compare prices are also more likely to report saving money than those who have tried to check one provider's price. (2) 70 percent of Americans say higher prices are not typically a sign of better quality medical care. (3) 56 percent of Americans are not aware that doctors' prices vary, and 54 percent are not aware that hospitals' prices vary. (4) 80 percent of Americans think it is important for their state governments to provide people with comparative price information.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (22 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101704546 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101704546