Reports from IDEXX Laboratories Highlight Recent Findings in Veterinary Medicine (Evaluation of Owners’ Attitudes Towards Veterinary Insurance In a Specialty Hospital)

2021 MAR 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily Veterinary News -- A new study on Veterinary Medicine is now available. According to news originating from Westbrook, Maine, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency and perception of veterinary insurance among owners’ at a small animal specialty hospital around a large urban city. A questionnaire evaluated the prevalence and perception of insurance among owners at a small animal specialty hospital over a 2 month period.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from IDEXX Laboratories, “Respondents provided demographic information including age, sex, educational level and household income. Respondents without insurance were asked reasons for not having insurance, approximate cost of insurance per month desired and percentage of coverage of medical expenses they would want insurance to provide. Respondents with insurance were asked how they chose their current plan, how it affects their medical decisions for their pet and their overall satisfaction. Sixty-seven (28.5%) owners reporting having insurance for at least one pet. Owners most commonly selected their current insurance plan based on online research (27, 40.3%). Fifty-two respondents (77.6%) reported being satisfied with their insurance plan and 49 (73.2%) stated that would recommend their current insurance plan to a friend. Insurance had a relatively high prevalence in this study group with most owners being satisfied with their current plan and would be likely to recommend it to a friend.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The role of insurance in how it affects owner’s medical decisions, care for their pet and interactions with veterinarians in companion animal medicine requires further evaluation.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Evaluation of Owners’ Attitudes Towards Veterinary Insurance In a Specialty Hospital. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 2021. Journal of Small Animal Practice can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Small Animal Practice - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-5827)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from R. K. Nakamura, IDEXX Laboratories, Dept. of Cardiology, Westbrook, ME 04092, United States. Additional authors for this research include A. C. S. G. Chaumet, T. A. Rossi and L. A. Murphy.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13309. 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.

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