Consumer Engagement to Increase Advance Care Planning: Patient Randomization

University of Pittsburgh376 enrolled

Overview

This is a study of the effect of consumer-directed financial incentives on completion of advance care planning among Medi-Cal patients.

Older adults receiving primary care from one of three clinics contracting with Partnership HealthPlan of California, a multi-county Medi-Cal managed care plan will be mass randomized to receiving educational materials regarding advance care planning with or without a financial reward for completing advance care planning.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

376

Conditions

Advance Care Planning

Interventions

Financial incentiveBEHAVIORAL

Offer of money designed to overcome barriers to advance care planning.

Educational websiteBEHAVIORAL

Research-verson of the "Prepare for your care" website (www.prepareforyourcare.org)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Partnership HealthPlan of California enrollee * Receipt of primary care from one of 3 participating clinics (Ole, Petaluma, West County) * Age \> 65 Exclusion Criteria: * \> 75

Locations (1)

Partnership HealthPlan of California

Fairfield, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Having an advance care planning conversation with one's primary care provider

Primary care providers' documentation of an advance care planning conversation in the chart and/or via a Partnership HealthPlan of California ACP attestation form.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Completion of "Prepare for Your Care" website modules

Logging into the website, completing the modules, and creating an action plan

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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