Voting with their feet: Public hospitals, health reform, and patient choices

D. Ansell, G. Schiff, S. Dick, C. Cwiak and K. Wright

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 3, 439-441

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.

Date: 1998
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