A Randomized Trial Examining Three Strategies for Supporting Health Insurance Decisions among the Uninsured

Conclusions. Those developing materials about the health insurance marketplace to support health insurance decisions might consider starting with plain language tables, presenting health insurance terminology in context, and organizing information according to ways the uninsured might use and value insurance features. Individuals with limited health literacy and numeracy skills and those with lower education face unique challenges selecting health insurance and weighing tradeoffs between cost and coverage.

Source: Medical Decision Making - August 30, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Politi, M. C., Kaphingst, K. A., Liu, J., Perkins, H., Furtado, K., Kreuter, M. W., Shacham, E., McBride, T. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research