Reports Outline Managed Care Study Findings from Harvard University [Does Being Poor and Sick Modify the Effect of Individuals On High-deductible Health Plan (Hdhp) Reporting Delayed/foregone Care?]: Managed Care

2023 JUN 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news originating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To assess the influence of being both poor and sick on the association of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) with delayed/ forgone care. In this cross-sectional study that included 14,203 respondents, representing 120 million Americans, individuals insured by HDHPs had 2.23 times the odds of delayed/ foregone care compared with non- HDHP insureds.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Harvard University, “When examined across strata of income and health status, the association yielded similar odds of delayed/ foregone care. Additionally, the interaction of being poor and sick on the association of HDHPs to delayed/ foregone care was not statisti-cally significant. Meaning.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Being insured on a HDHP affected delayed/ foregone care largely consistently, regardless of health, income, or combined health/ income category.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Does Being Poor and Sick Modify the Effect of Individuals On High-deductible Health Plan (Hdhp) Reporting Delayed/foregone Care? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2023;34(2):673-684. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved can be contacted at: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Journals Publishing Division, 2715 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Karen A. Veilleux, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2023.0057. 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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