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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedDesai SM, Shambhu S, Mehrotra A
Online advertising increased New Hampshire residents' use of provider price tool but not use of lower-price providers.
This study looked at the results of an online advertising campaign to increase consumers’ awareness about insurer-specific negotiated price information available on New Hampshire’s public price transparency website. The campaign led to a more than 600% increase in visits to the website, but it did not translate to increased use of lower-price providers. The authors concluded that the findings imply that the limited success is driven by structural factors that limit consumers’ ability to use health care price information as opposed to only a lack of awareness about price transparency tools.
AHRQ-funded; HS026980.
Citation: Desai SM, Shambhu S, Mehrotra A .
Online advertising increased New Hampshire residents' use of provider price tool but not use of lower-price providers.
Health Aff 2021 Mar;40(3):521-28. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01039..
Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Delivery
Chen J, Liu L, Zhang D
A flexible model for the mean and variance functions, with application to medical cost data.
The authors considered an extension to generalized linear models by assuming nonlinear associations of covariates in the mean function and allowing the variance to be an unknown but smooth function of the mean. They discussed their application of the model to the annual medical costs of heart failure patients in the clinical data repository at the University of Virginia Hospital System.
AHRQ-funded; HS020263.
Citation: Chen J, Liu L, Zhang D .
A flexible model for the mean and variance functions, with application to medical cost data.
Stat Med 2013 Oct 30;32(24):4306-18. doi: 10.1002/sim.5838.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Healthcare Costs, Health Services Research (HSR)