DIA 2022 Global Annual Meeting

Component Type: Forum
Level: Basic

We conducted patient focus groups to study patient experience with unintended consequences of healthcare programs and health policies such as co-pay coupons and accumulators, non-medical switch, utilization management, and out of pocket costs. In this forum, we will present perspectives around how we developed and executed this novel policy/patient engagement approach—from the policy research perspective, the population health perspective, and the patient engagement perspective—and discuss the importance of developing the capabilities to study patient perspectives and how these insights influence and guide many different aspects around policy, population health, and market access strategies.

Learning Objectives

Discuss the critical importance of generating patient-level insights into U.S. healthcare policy and policy-position development; Identify patients’ perspectives and experiences to understand how public healthcare policies impact their health outcomes, financial health, and mental health; Interpret and apply the findings into patient-centered policy development, strategies, and communications.

Chair

Bridget Doherty, MPH