Advance Care Planning
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a study of the effect of consumer-directed financial incentives on completion of advance care planning among Medi-Cal patients.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFinancial incentive
Offer of money designed to overcome barriers to advance care planning.
BEHAVIORALEducational website
Research-verson of the Prepare for your care website (www.prepareforyourcare.org)
Sponsors
University of Pittsburgh
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Having an advance care planning conversation with one's primary care provider | 3 months | Primary care providers' documentation of an advance care planning conversation in the chart and/or via a Partnership HealthPlan of California ACP attestation form. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Completion of Prepare for Your Care website modules | 3 months | Logging into the website, completing the modules, and creating an action plan |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed