Evaluating a Patient-Centered Tool to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Choose Prescription Drug Plans

Not Recruiting

Trial ID: NCT02895295

Purpose

The objective of this study is to determine whether providing Medicare beneficiaries with a web-based patient-centered decision tool to help them choose among prescription medication coverage plans improves outcomes for patients including a greater likelihood of changing a plan, better coverage for prescribed drugs, less decisional conflict when choosing plans, and greater satisfaction with the choice process relative to current practice.

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - The study population included Medicare beneficiaries who received care from the Palo
   Alto Medical Foundation, a large multi-specialty group in the San Francisco Bay Area
   ages 66-85, one per household enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan in 2016.

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan and/or MediCal

Intervention(s):

behavioral: Expert Recommendation

behavioral: Individual Analysis

behavioral: Usual Care

Not Recruiting

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, MPH
650-853-4779