BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE TAKE-UP RATES IN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS

Final Report

Laura Summer and Jennifer Thompson
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute

Project Director: Elizabeth Hargrave, NORC at the University of Chicago
Project Consultant: Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Project Contributor: Bhumika Piya, NORC at the University of Chicago

August 18, 2008

Prepared for:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

This report is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/08/bestpractices/report.html

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Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• Effective strategies
• Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve take-up
• Strategies for special populations
• Lessons for new coverage initiatives
• Recommendations for further research
• Conclusion
• Introduction
• Program participation
• Barriers to program participation
• Purpose of this study
• Methods
• Findings
• Assistance: extensive and individual
• Simplification of Applications and Renewals
• Publicity
• Cost-effectiveness of take-up strategies
• Answers to research questions
• Effective strategies
• Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve take up
• Lessons for the new coverage program initiatives
• Recommendations for further research
• Conduct more quantitative research
• Use meaningful outcomes to measure success
• Make meaningful comparisons
• Take other factors into account
• Include measures of cost-effectiveness
• Invest in simple, routine measurement
• Conclusion
• Appendix

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