Sainfort F, Booske B C
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53705, USA.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1996 Fall;18(1):31-54.
Considerable efforts are underway in the public and private sectors to increase the amount of information available to consumers when making health plan choices. The objective of this study was to examine the role of information in consumer health plan decisionmaking. A computer system was developed which provides different plan descriptions with the option of accessing varying types and levels of information. The system tracked the information search processes and recorded the hypothetical plan choices of 202 subjects. Results are reported showing the relationship between information and problem perception, preference structure, choice of plan, and attitude towards the decision.
公共部门和私营部门正在做出巨大努力，以增加消费者在选择健康保险计划时可获得的信息量。本研究的目的是检验信息在消费者健康保险计划决策中的作用。开发了一个计算机系统，该系统提供不同的计划描述，并可选择获取不同类型和级别的信息。该系统跟踪信息搜索过程，并记录了202名受试者的假设计划选择。报告的结果显示了信息与问题感知、偏好结构、计划选择以及对决策的态度之间的关系。
