Scope Of Primary Care Physicians' Participation In The Health Insurance Marketplaces

Daniel Polsky; Molly K Candon; Paula Chatterjee; Xinwei Chen

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0179

Scope Of Primary Care Physicians' Participation In The Health Insurance Marketplaces

Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Aug;37(8):1252-1256. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0179.

Authors

Daniel Polsky¹, Molly K Candon², Paula Chatterjee³, Xinwei Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Daniel Polsky ( polsky@wharton.upenn.edu ) is the Robert D. Eilers Professor in Health Care Management and Economics and executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, both at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
² Molly K. Candon is a postdoctoral fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania.
³ Paula Chatterjee is a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
⁴ Xinwei Chen is a statistical analyst in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

PMID: 30080470
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0179

Abstract

Millions of Americans have purchased health insurance through the Marketplaces, but their access to care is not well understood. Using an audit study, we compared the scope of primary care physicians' participation in Marketplace plans to that in other insurance types in 2016. Across ten diverse states, rates of participation in Marketplace plans were higher than those in Medicaid, but lower than those in employer-sponsored insurance.

Keywords: Access To Care; Insurance Market < Insurance; Primary Care.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Decision Making
Health Insurance Exchanges*
Medicaid
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Physicians, Primary Care*
Random Allocation
Registries
United States