Thursday, July 13, 2006
UnitedHealth Group unveils new CDHC data
["Three-Year Study Shows Consumer-Driven Health Plans Continue to Stimulate Positive Changes in Consumer Health Behavior," Press Release, UnitedHealth Group, 12 July 2006.]
A new three-year study provides dramatic data on the powerful impact consumer-driven health care is having on the health care sector:
- Preventive Care - In each of the three years, up to 5 percent more of the CDHP members sought preventive care services than did PPO enrollees.
- Acute Care - Individuals enrolled in a CDHP showed an annual reduction in the use of acute care services (22 percent fewer hospital admissions and 14 percent fewer emergency room visits) without adverse health effects or outcomes, while the relative utilization of those services actually increased year-over-year among PPO members.
- Chronically Ill - CDHP enrollees with a chronic illness also used acute services less (8 percent fewer hospital admissions and 12 percent fewer emergency room visits) but continued to visit their primary care physician at the same rate as chronically ill members enrolled in traditional plans.
- Overall Costs - Costs per member decreased 3 percent to 5 percent in the CDH plan over the 2004-2005 period, as compared to their 2003 baseline level, while increasing 8 percent to 10 percent among PPO participants (after adjusting for demographics, health status, plan design impact and geography).
[Greg Scandlen, "Choice is Revolutionizing Health Care," The Wichita Eagle, 28 September 2004.]
A new three-year study provides dramatic data on the powerful impact consumer-driven health care is having on the health care sector:
- Preventive Care - In each of the three years, up to 5 percent more of the CDHP members sought preventive care services than did PPO enrollees.
- Acute Care - Individuals enrolled in a CDHP showed an annual reduction in the use of acute care services (22 percent fewer hospital admissions and 14 percent fewer emergency room visits) without adverse health effects or outcomes, while the relative utilization of those services actually increased year-over-year among PPO members.
- Chronically Ill - CDHP enrollees with a chronic illness also used acute services less (8 percent fewer hospital admissions and 12 percent fewer emergency room visits) but continued to visit their primary care physician at the same rate as chronically ill members enrolled in traditional plans.
- Overall Costs - Costs per member decreased 3 percent to 5 percent in the CDH plan over the 2004-2005 period, as compared to their 2003 baseline level, while increasing 8 percent to 10 percent among PPO participants (after adjusting for demographics, health status, plan design impact and geography).
[Greg Scandlen, "Choice is Revolutionizing Health Care," The Wichita Eagle, 28 September 2004.]
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