The gap in satisfaction levels separating members of traditional health plans and account-based health plans narrowed slightly between 2007 and 2008.
Researchers at the Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, have included statistics concerning satisfaction levels in a summary of results from a recent survey of 2,008 insured U.S. adults ages 21 to 64.
The base sample included 79 individuals with a health savings account or a health reimbursement arrangement, and 215 individuals with a high-deductible health plan but no HSA or HRA.
The researchers also conducted additional surveys to get replies from 1,102 individuals with account-based plans and 1,419 individuals with stand-alone high-deductible plans.
