No Evidence on Association Between Prospective Exposure to Out-of-Pocket Cost Information and Appointment Cancelations or No-Shows: A Case-Control Pilot Study.
Health care price transparency aims to empower patients to make better-informed purchasing decisions. However, the prospective availability of patients' out-of-pocket costs may lead to an increased rate of forgone care. The objective of this study was to examine whether obtaining a prospective out-o...
| Publicado en: | Inquiry (00469580) Vol. 62; pp. 1 - 9 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2/14/2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=183055622&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 183055622 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00469580 INQ jtl: Inquiry (00469580) issn: 00469580 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2/14/2025 vid: 62 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 183055622 10.1177/00469580251320174 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: No Evidence on Association Between Prospective Exposure to Out-of-Pocket Cost Information and Appointment Cancelations or No-Shows: A Case-Control Pilot Study. aug: au: Mitchell, Brae Sadigh, Gelareh Fendrick, A. Mark Horný, Michal affil: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA University of California, Irvine, CA, USA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA su: Patient compliance Research funding Scientific observation Pilot projects Multiple regression analysis Questionnaires Information needs Odds ratio Medical appointments Case-control method Confidence intervals Medical care costs Information-seeking behavior Georgia sug: subj: Georgia Patient compliance Research funding Scientific observation Pilot projects Multiple regression analysis Questionnaires Information needs Odds ratio Medical appointments Case-control method Confidence intervals Medical care costs Information-seeking behavior keyword: health care utilization health policy imaging patient cost-sharing price transparency ab: Health care price transparency aims to empower patients to make better-informed purchasing decisions. However, the prospective availability of patients' out-of-pocket costs may lead to an increased rate of forgone care. The objective of this study was to examine whether obtaining a prospective out-of-pocket cost estimate is associated with the likelihood of canceling or not arriving at a scheduled outpatient health care appointment. We surveyed adult individuals with scheduled outpatient imaging appointments at a large health care system in Georgia. In this case-control pilot study, we estimated the adjusted association between obtaining an out-of-pocket cost estimate for a scheduled imaging appointment (did not obtain an estimate, did not seek an estimate but received it via an unsolicited phone call from the health care system, and actively sought and obtained an estimate) and not attending the appointment using multivariable logistic regression that controlled for the type of primary health insurance and patient demographics. Actively seeking an out-of-pocket cost estimate was not associated with appointment cancelation or no-show (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.81, P =.75). Passively receiving an out-of-pocket cost estimate via an unsolicited phone call from the health care system was marginally associated with lower odds of appointment cancelation or no-show (aOR = 0.24; P =.076). This study did not find evidence of an association between prospective exposure of patients to out-of-pocket cost information and the likelihood of health care appointment cancelation or no-show. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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