Voting with their feet: public hospitals, health reform, and patient choices.
Year: 1998
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: This study identified public hospital patients' preferences under managed care and health reform. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 348 ambulatory public hospital patients was conducted. RESULTS: Patients reported a high degree of loyalty to the public hospital given several hypothetical reform scenarios. Those patients who stated they would remain at the hospital increased (from 74.2% to 85.5%) when care elsewhere required copayment for medications and physician visits. CONCLUSIONS: Patients at one public hospital reported a high likelihood of remaining in the public system, and this likelihood increased when copayment for services was required elsewhere.
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2012159080