Findings from St. Louis University Provides New Data about Insurance (A Study of the Connection Between Health Insurance Literacy and Health Status: Evidence From the Us Healthcare Reform Monitoring Survey): Insurance

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2024 OCT 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Data detailed on Insurance have been presented. According to news reporting out of St. Louis, Michigan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “This study examines the relationship between health insurance literacy, as indicated by confidence in comprehending health insurance terms, and health status using cross-sectional data from 8 waves of the Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS), covering 61,895 individuals from 2013 to 2017. An ordered logistic regression model was employed with self-rated health status on a five-point Likert scale as the dependent variable and the score of confidence in understanding health insurance terms as the primary independent variable.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from St. Louis University, “The model adjusts for variables such as access to care, insurance status, concerns about affordability leading to missed care, household size, family income, employment, education, race, marital status, and gender. Results suggest a positive association between higher confidence in understanding health insurance and superior health statuses.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings underscore the significance of improving health insurance literacy and advocating for potential policy interventions to enhance public understanding of health insurance benefits and coverage options.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: A Study of the Connection Between Health Insurance Literacy and Health Status: Evidence From the Us Healthcare Reform Monitoring Survey. Journal of Community Health, 2024. Journal of Community Health can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; Journal of Community Health - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0094-5145/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Echu Liu, St. Louis University, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, St. Louis, MI 63103, United States. Additional authors for this research include Alison Bach, Lionel Gumireddy and Joel Jihwan Hwang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-024-01407-9. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.