title: Employer-specific versus community-wide report cards: is there a difference?
abstract: This article describes preliminary results from a natural experiment that tested the impact of report cards on employees. As part of the 1995 enrollment process, some members of the State of Minnesota Employee Group Insurance Program received report cards on the plans offered to them, and others did not. Both groups of employees had a chance to review a second community-wide report card covering all Minnesota plans that had been distributed by an independent organization through local newspapers. Both groups were surveyed before and after they made their health plan selections. We compare the likelihood of seeing, the intensity of reading, and the perceived helpfulness of the first, employer-specific report card with the second, community-wide report card for consumers who make plan selections.
authors.affiliation: HealthSystem Minnesota, Minneapolis 55416, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fowles
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGee
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dahms
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kind
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adlis
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003256:Community Participation; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D008910:Minnesota; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities