Health Literacy and Plan Choice: Implications for Medicare Managed Care

Background: Older adults with inadequate health literacy may have difficulty selecting optimal coverage when faced with multiple health insurance plans to choose from. Objective: This study sought to examine how health literacy affects which Medicare Advantage plans seniors select. Methods: We sur...

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Main Authors: Robert T. Braun, Andrew J. Barnes, Yaniv Hanoch, Alex D. Federman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SLACK Incorporated 2018-03-01
Series:Health Literacy Research and Practice
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Online Access:https://www.healio.com/public-health/journals/hlrp/2018-1-2-1/%7B4029db60-b403-493c-8975-76be4fd21645%7D/health-literacy-and-plan-choice-implications-for-medicare-managed-care