Space Available Beneficiaries and TRICARE Prime: Identification of Factors that Influence Enrollment
Abstract
Despite efforts to encourage beneficiaries of the National Naval Medical Center's (NNMC) to enroll with TRICARE Prime, over 21,000 beneficiaries received their care on space-available basis. Care provision on a space-available basis can result in undesirable outcomes for the organization and for the individual beneficiary, many of which may be moderated by enrollment with TRICARE. A questionnaire was developed and administered to 850 randomly selected eligible beneficiaries in order to gain an understanding of the factors that affect a beneficiary s decision to enroll in TRICARE Prime. Beneficiaries reported different reasons for not enrolling in Prime and for disenrolling. Descriptive analysis also revealed that half of the respondents do not intend to enroll with Prime. Multinomial logistic regression analysis indicates that females and beneficiaries with sponsor rank classification of officer are twice as likely to report that they do not intend to enroll with Prime compared with those that are unsure about their decision (ψ = 2.068, p < .05; ψ = 2.073, p < .10). These findings have important implications for marketing efforts and planning at the organizational level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 04, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA421227
Entities
People
- Marciano A. Diaz
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences