Association of daily copayments with use of hospital care among medicare advantage enrollees.

John P McHughLaura KeohaneRegina GreblaYoojin LeeAmal N Trivedi

Published in: BMC health services research (2019)

Instituting per-diem copayments was associated with reductions in number of admissions and hospital stays, but not length of stay once admitted. Effects of inpatient cost-sharing changes were magnified for persons with greater baseline use of hospital care.

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