Table 3 Enrollee Characteristics and Utilization in Intervention and Control Plans for Beneficiaries Staying, Exiting and Entering Plans
From: Association of daily copayments with use of hospital care among medicare advantage enrollees
Disenrollment Rate – % | Age – yr (sd) | Female sex – % | White – % | Black – % | Other race – % | Part D subsidy – % | Inpatient Admissions per 100 enrollees | Inpatient days per 100 enrollees | Proportion hospitalized (%) | Mean inpatient length of stay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beneficiaries staying enrolled in same plan (utilization in period before benefit change in intervention plans) | |||||||||||
Intervention Plans | n/a | 75.3 (6.9) | 53.6 | 89.1 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 24.4 | 122.8 | 10.9 | 4.5 |
Control Plans | n/a | 75.1 (6.8) | 52.4 | 91.2 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 117.8 | 10.8 | 4.5 |
Beneficiaries EXITING a plan (utilization in period before benefit change in intervention plans) | |||||||||||
Intervention Plans | 16.0 | 76.0 (7.6) | 51.8 | 86.9 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 40.2 | 222.5 | 24.0 | 5.3 |
Control Plans | 15.5 | 77.4 (7.5) | 52.9 | 90.1 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 41.2 | 227.5 | 24.0 | 5.3 |
Beneficiaries ENTERING a plan in year after benefit change in intervention plans (utilization in period before entering plan) | |||||||||||
Intervention Plans | n/a | 72.2 (6.9) | 52.0 | 88.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 15.3 | 59.8 | 10.8 | 3.7 |
Control Plans | n/a | 73.1 (7.5) | 51.0 | 89.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 14.5 | 59.1 | 10.3 | 3.9 |