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View article: Medicare Advantage enrollees’ reports of unfair treatment during health care encounters
Medicare Advantage enrollees’ reports of unfair treatment during health care encounters Open
We investigated unfair treatment among 1863 Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees from 21 MA plans using 2022 survey data (40% response rate) in which respondents indicated whether they were treated unfairly in a health care setting based on a…
View article: Comparing HEDIS performance of Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans with other coverage types for dually eligible people
Comparing HEDIS performance of Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans with other coverage types for dually eligible people Open
People eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid coverage (“dually eligible individuals”) have lower levels of income and assets and often higher health care needs and costs than those eligible for Medicare but not Medicaid coverage. Their 3…
View article: Racial Differences in PAM50 Subtypes in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study
Racial Differences in PAM50 Subtypes in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study Open
Background: African American breast cancer patients have lower frequency of hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative disease and higher subtype-specific mortality. Racial differences in molec…
View article: Distinguishing neighborhood and individual social risk factors in health care
Distinguishing neighborhood and individual social risk factors in health care Open
Objective To investigate (a) the magnitude of the independent associations of neighborhood‐level and person‐level social risk factors (SRFs) with quality, (b) whether neighborhood‐level SRF associations may be proxies for person‐level SRF …
View article: Voluntary Disenrollment from Medicare Advantage Plans Is Higher Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Voluntary Disenrollment from Medicare Advantage Plans Is Higher Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities Open
Research Objective About one‐tenth of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees voluntarily disenroll from their health plans annually. Voluntary disenrollment is related to beneficiaries’ negative experiences with their plan, disrupts continuity …
View article: RATES OF DISENROLLMENT FROM MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PLANS ARE HIGHER AMONG RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
RATES OF DISENROLLMENT FROM MEDICARE MANAGED CARE PLANS ARE HIGHER AMONG RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES Open
Voluntary disenrollment from Medicare managed care (Medicare Advantage; MA) plans is related to beneficiaries’ negative experiences with their plan, disrupts continuity of care, and conflicts with goals to reduce Medicare costs. Informatio…
View article: Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments
Effects of Push-To-Web Mixed Mode Approaches on Survey Response Rates: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Emergency Departments Open
Recent work involving survey administration among emergency department (ED) patients has demonstrated very low response rates using single-mode (e.g., mail-only or web-only) approaches. In this study, the authors tested several mixed-mode …
View article: Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting – A Randomized Feasibility Study
Methods for Improving Response Rates in an Emergency Department Setting – A Randomized Feasibility Study Open
Standard single survey mode approaches, such as mail-only or telephone-only, generally produce lower response rates than sequential mixed mode (SMM) approaches. SMM approaches may be particularly important when lower response propensities …
View article: National racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in experiences with health care among adult Medicaid beneficiaries
National racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in experiences with health care among adult Medicaid beneficiaries Open
Objectives To investigate whether health care experiences of adult Medicaid beneficiaries differ by race/ethnicity and rural/urban status. Data Sources A total of 270 243 respondents to the 2014‐2015 Nationwide Adult Medicaid Consumer Asse…