Washington University School of Medicine Researchers Discuss Research in Cancer (A case study of adapting a health insurance decision intervention from trial into routine cancer care): Cancer

2022 SEP 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Data detailed on cancer have been presented. According to news reporting from Washington University School of Medicine by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study adapted Improving Cancer Patients’ Insurance Choices (I Can PIC), an intervention to help cancer patients navigate health insurance decisions and care costs.”

Funders for this research include American Cancer Society; National Cancer Institute; Institute of Clinical And Translational Sciences; Foundation For Barnes-jewish Hospital; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Our news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Washington University School of Medicine: “The original intervention improved knowledge and confidence making insurance decisions, however, users felt limited by choices provided in insurance markets. Using decision trees and frameworks to guide adaptations, we modified I Can PIC to focus on using rather than choosing health insurance. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced unforeseen obstacles, prompting changes to study protocols. As a result, we allowed users outside of the study to use I Can PIC (> 1050 guest users) to optimize public benefit. This paper describes the steps took to conduct the study, evaluating both the effectiveness of I Can PIC and the implementation process to improve its impact. Although I Can PIC users had higher knowledge and health insurance literacy compared to the control group, results were not statistically significant.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This outcome may be associated with systems-level challenges as well as the number and demographic characteristics of participants. The publicly available tool can be a resource for those navigating insurance and care costs, and researchers can use this flexible approach to intervention delivery and testing as future health emergencies arise.”

For more information on this research see: A case study of adapting a health insurance decision intervention from trial into routine cancer care. BMC Research Notes, 2022,15(1):1-6. (BMC Research Notes - http://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com). The publisher for BMC Research Notes is BMC.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06189-8.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Miles E. Charles, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine. Additional authors for this research include Lindsay M. Kuroki, Ana A. Baumann, Rachel G. Tabak, Aimee James, Krista Cooksey, Mary C. Politi.

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