Shifting epidemiology and severity of respiratory syncytial virus in children during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Rao, I Armistead, K Messacar, NB Alden… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| For this cohort study, we analyzed public health surveillance data from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infections Program (EIP) RSV Hospitalization …

Association of health insurance literacy with health care utilization: a systematic review

BF Yagi, JE Luster, AM Scherer, MR Farron… - Journal of general …, 2022 - Springer
Background Given increasing numbers of people experiencing transitions in health
insurance due to declines in employer-sponsored insurance and changes in health policy …

Association between health insurance literacy and avoidance of health care services owing to cost

R Tipirneni, MC Politi, JT Kullgren, EC Kieffer… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Navigating health insurance and health care choices requires considerable
health insurance literacy. Although recommended preventive services are exempt from out …

High-deductible health plans reduce health care cost and utilization, including use of needed preventive services

R Agarwal, O Mazurenko, N Menachemi - Health Affairs, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) has greatly increased in recent years.
Policy makers and other stakeholders need the best available evidence about how these …

Consumer‐directed health plans: a review of the evidence

MK Bundorf - Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The number of people enrolled in consumer‐directed health plans (CDHPs) has increased
dramatically over the last decade. We review the empirical literature on the effects of …

Do “consumer-directed” health plans bend the cost curve over time?

AM Haviland, MD Eisenberg, A Mehrotra… - Journal of health …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract “Consumer-Directed” Health Plans (CDHPs), those with high deductibles and
personal medical accounts, are intended to reduce health care spending through greater …

[HTML][HTML] Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among adults newly diagnosed with underlying medical conditions and regional variation in the US

A Ostropolets, LS Dunham, KD Johnson, J Liu - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices recommends pneumococcal vaccination for adults with chronic or …

[HTML][HTML] ACA-mandated elimination of cost sharing for preventive screening has had limited early impact

SJ Mehta, D Polsky, J Zhu, JD Lewis… - The American journal …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated patient cost sharing for evidence-
based preventive care, yet the impact of this policy on colonoscopy and mammography rates …

Colorectal cancer screening in a nationwide high-deductible health plan before and after the Affordable Care Act

JF Wharam, F Zhang, BE Landon, R LeCates… - Medical care, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Little is known about the effect of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) elimination of
out-of-pocket costs for preventive services. This policy likely reduced out-of-pocket …

Repeat annual lung cancer screening after baseline screening among screen-negative individuals: no-cost coverage is not enough

TD Tailor, S Bell, FX Doo, RC Carlos - Journal of the American College of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Adherence to lung cancer screening (LCS) is central to effective screening. The
authors evaluated the likelihood of repeat annual LCS in a national commercially insured …