How Texans use health care price information

How Texans use health care price information

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Research brief (Public Agenda)
Author(s):
Schleifer, David, author
Silliman, Rebecca, author
Rinehart, Chloe, author
Contributor(s):
Public Agenda Foundation, issuing body.
Publication:
[Brooklyn, New York] : Public Agenda, April 2017
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Access to Information
Consumer Behavior
Financing, Personal
Health Care Costs
Texas
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This brief explores how Texans are trying to find and use price information, their attitudes about prices and how their behaviors and attitudes compare to those of Americans overall. Important findings include: (1) 59 percent of Texans have tried to find information about health care prices before getting care, including 29 percent who have tried to compare prices across multiple providers. (2) Of Texans who have tried to compare prices, 69 percent report saving money. (3) 63 percent of Texans say higher prices are not typically a sign of better quality medical care. (4) 50 percent of Texans are not aware that doctors' prices vary, and 52 percent are not aware that hospitals' prices vary. (5) 83 percent of Texans think it is important for their state government to provide people with comparative price information.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (18 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101704588 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101704588