Use Patterns of a State Health Care Price Transparency Web Site
To help people shop for lower cost providers, several states have created their own price transparency Web sites or passed legislation mandating health plans provide such information. New Hampshire’s HealthCost Web site is on the forefront of such initiatives. Despite the growing interest in price t...
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2014-12-01
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| Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
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| author | Ateev Mehrotra MD Tyler Brannen MHC Anna D. Sinaiko PhD |
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| description | To help people shop for lower cost providers, several states have created their own price transparency Web sites or passed legislation mandating health plans provide such information. New Hampshire’s HealthCost Web site is on the forefront of such initiatives. Despite the growing interest in price transparency, little is known about such efforts, including how often these tools are used and for what reason. We examined the use of New Hampshire HealthCost over a 3-year period. Approximately 1% of the state’s residents used the Web site, and the most common searches were for outpatient visits, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scans, and emergency department visits. The results provide a cautionary note on the level of potential interest among consumers in this information but may guide others on practically what are the most “shop-able” services for patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6f025b77cc3487897a60681be8168e42022-12-22T02:36:20ZengSAGE PublishingInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing0046-95801945-72432014-12-015110.1177/004695801456149610.1177_0046958014561496Use Patterns of a State Health Care Price Transparency Web SiteAteev Mehrotra MD0Tyler Brannen MHC1Anna D. Sinaiko PhD2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USANew Hampshire Insurance Department, Concord, USAHarvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USATo help people shop for lower cost providers, several states have created their own price transparency Web sites or passed legislation mandating health plans provide such information. New Hampshire’s HealthCost Web site is on the forefront of such initiatives. Despite the growing interest in price transparency, little is known about such efforts, including how often these tools are used and for what reason. We examined the use of New Hampshire HealthCost over a 3-year period. Approximately 1% of the state’s residents used the Web site, and the most common searches were for outpatient visits, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scans, and emergency department visits. The results provide a cautionary note on the level of potential interest among consumers in this information but may guide others on practically what are the most “shop-able” services for patients.https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958014561496 |
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