Evaluation of Enrollment, Dynamics of Care and Patient Outcomes in the NYS Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plans

NCT00577811 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 03-011
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 628
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out how people's needs are being met and what people do about problems with treatment, symptoms, substance use, mental health, and social services. We are also interested in finding out about changes that people make in their health care team and the reasons for making those changes.

Conditions

HIV Infections; Mental Health

Keywords

Special Need Plans; Fee for Services; Access to Care; Medicaid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• This study makes use of several new assessment approaches designed to provide a more in depth understanding of access to care, changes in care, and patient-reported outcomes.

  2010

Study Arms (2)

1

Patients from 6 different Special Need Plans

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The NYSDOH AIDS Institute will obtain Case Report Forms from Special Need Plans. and if they have agreed to receive mail and/or telephone calls regarding the plan they have signed up for. All patients will be informed at the time they join a Special Needs Plan that they may be contacted by evaluators working with the NYSDOH AIDS Institute who willwant to ask them about enrollment and care in the plan. Patients who have not agreed to receive mail will only be contacted by telephone.At this time, a call will be made to conduct screening using the Enrollment module and ask the selected Special Needs Plan patient about their willingness toparticipate in the study.

You may qualify if:

• PWHA must meet the following criteria:
• Medicaid Special Needs Plans or Fee For Service as health insurance at the timeof enrollment;
• Age 18 years or older
• A current resident of New York State
• Able to respond to interview questions in English or Spanish.
• Express willingness and ability to complete a series of one-hour long interviews (interviews may be completed over two telephone sessions, if PWHAs prefer)
• Have cognitive and physical capacity to comprehend and complete the informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Enrollment onto the study at an earlier site (we may encounter the same PWHA at more than one FFS recruitment site) • Staff members from Special Needs Plans or FFS Recruitment site determine that it is inadvisable to refer a PWHA to this study for any reason.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Memorial Slaon-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10065, United States

Location

Related Links

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV Infections; Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases; Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Bruce Rapkin, Ph.D.

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2007
• First Posted: December 20, 2007
• Study Start: February 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2009
• Study Completion: January 1, 2009
• Last Updated: January 15, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-01

Locations

US (1)