2024
Enrollment in High-Deductible Health Plans and Incident Diabetes Complications
McCoy R, Swarna K, Jiang D, Van Houten H, Chen J, Davis E, Herrin J. Enrollment in High-Deductible Health Plans and Incident Diabetes Complications. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e243394. PMID: 38517436, PMCID: PMC10960199, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-deductible health plansHealth plansChronic disease managementOdds of myocardial infarctionLower-extremity complicationsMixed-effects logistic regression modelsOut-of-pocket costsAssociated with increased oddsDiabetic complicationsInverse propensity score weightingLogistic regression modelsCardiovascular risk factorsEmployer-sponsored health plansDiabetes careRetrospective cohort studyUS adultsPropensity score weightingPotential selection biasMain OutcomesCohort studyBaseline yearIncident complicationsDisease managementMixed-effectsPotential harm
2022
898-P: Impact of Switching to a High-Deductible Health Plan on Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Glucose-Lowering Drugs
JIANG D, HERRIN J, VAN HOUTEN H, MCCOY R. 898-P: Impact of Switching to a High-Deductible Health Plan on Patients’ Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Glucose-Lowering Drugs. Diabetes 2022, 71 DOI: 10.2337/db22-898-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-deductible health plansGlucose-lowering drugsHDHP enrolleesOOP expensesHealth outcomesPocket expenditureHealth plansBurden of treatmentCostly health conditionsPoor health outcomesDeductible Health PlansGlycemic managementHigh-value careKidney diseaseDiabetes managementOOP costsValue careOOP expenditurePrescription drugsDiabetesHealth conditionsDirect costsDrugsEnrolleesHealth insurance