At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓Medicare beneficiaries ages 66-85
- ✓Receive care from Palo Alto Medical Foundation
- ✓One per household
- ✓Enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan in 2016
- ✕Enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan
- ✕Enrolled in MediCal
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Evaluating a Patient-Centered Tool to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Choose Prescription Drug Plans
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Expert Recommendation, Individual Analysis, and 1 other intervention for Prescription Drug Insurance Decision Making. Completed, enrolled 1,185 participants.
Detailed Summary
The objective of this study is to determine whether providing Medicare beneficiaries with a web-based patient-centered decision tool to help them choose among prescription medication coverage plans improves outcomes for patients including a greater likelihood of changing a plan, better coverage for prescribed drugs, less decisional conflict when choosing plans, and greater satisfaction with the choice process relative to current practice.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Decision support tool that provides personalized information on the financial implications of enrolling in different plans and expert recommendations of particular plans.
Decision support tool that provides personalized information on the financial implications of enrolling in different plans.
Study subjects randomized to the control arm will receive information on how to download their prescription drug information from their electronic medical record and provided with a list of resources available in the community to help them choose a prescription drug plan.