Military Healthcare System Third Party Collection Program: Analyzing the Effectiveness of the Other Health Insurance (OHI) Information Collection Process

摘要

The purpose of this research was to assess the effectiveness of the OHI information collection process in a uniformed services military treatment facility (MTF). 442 OHI surveys were administered to beneficiaries presenting civilian prescriptions to the MTF outpatient pharmacy from 01 to 29 February 2004. The average level of OHI present in the sample analyzed was 31.9 percent. OHI was regressed upon predictor variables consisting of zip code, age group, beneficiary category, TRICARE Prime enrollment, average number of prescription drugs required per month, and percentage of time the MTF is used for prescription drug needs. Multiple linear regression results indicated a statistically significant relationship in the prediction of having OHI, with R2 = .192, F (13, 428) = 7.829, p.