We study whether patient-side cost-sharing prompts patients to consume healthcare more efficiently by reducing spending on low-value services. We find some evidence that offering employees high-deductible plans disproportionately reduces low-value spending relative to overall spending, indicating that deductibles may be a way to incentivize value-based decision making.
There is much debate about the effects of pharmaceutical direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) on health care use. In this paper, we inform this debate by examining the effects of DTCA on office visits, as well as treatment courses resulting from …
We study whether patient-side cost-sharing prompts patients to consume healthcare more efficiently by reducing spending on low-value services. We find that consumer-directed health plans reduce spending on low-value services, though these reductions are proportional to overall spending reductions.
A comparison of intensity of post-acute care utilization following hospitalization between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare beneficiaries. Despite having similar or improved health outcomes, MA patients spent less time in post-acute care settings.