Employer Tracking

2021 Program Prospectus

Since 2005, NADP has offered members access to our Shared Research program designed to pool member resources in order to conduct primary market research on a specific audience important to the dental benefits business. The program has evolved to essentially conducting periodic research on two audiences: consumers and employers. As a result, the Shared Research program has become a subscription based program for consumer and employer studies. The Employer Tracking study was started in 2017. A similar program focusing on the consumer audience in 2015.

Background

As part of the NADP mission to provide value to our membership and the dental benefits industry, we are issuing this call for sponsors of a primary research study addressing employer attitudes, expectations, and perceptions related to dental benefits, dental health, and the effects of health care reform on their dental benefit offerings.

The objectives of this study are as follows:

• Identify common attitudes, expectations and perceptions associated with the purchase of dental coverage, especially in light of the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Track changes in those attitudes, expectations and perceptions, building on past efforts going back to 2013.
• Identify opportunities for dental plans to provide educational and other services to employers to aid in their purchase process.
• Additional objectives may be developed by the sponsor companies.

Methodology

In order to track changes in attitudes, expectations and perceptions associated with the purchase of dental coverage and attitudes toward dental health, this effort will be set up to build upon a web-based tracking study initiated in 2013. NADP will survey 800 or more individuals responsible for determining employee benefits for their firm. The sample will be sufficiently diverse to compare responses

• By employer size (6 to 50 employees, 51 to 100 employees, 101 to 499 employees and 500+ employees).
• By region (Northeast, South, Midwest, West). Sample sizes may be sufficient to compare a few larger states such as California, Texas, and New York, as well.
• Our goal is to field this survey in September 2020.

Program Design

This research will be wholly funded by participating sponsors. Each sponsor will contribute a share of the cost of the study based on the following guidelines.

• NADP members: $9,000
• Non-members: $10,800

Deliverables

Each sponsor will receive the following upon completion of the project:

• a data file of the aggregate data for the current wave.
• a Final Report in Powerpoint format
• the final version of the survey instrument.

The final report will not be made available for purchase to NADP members, other stakeholders or the general public for at least 6 months and a cost of at least $10,800.

NADP will have all of the rights to the data and the report as any other sponsor.

Benefits

Dental plans funding this study will receive the following benefits:

• Editorial participation on final content of the survey and reports
• Access to all data files
• Access to a final report that will not be available to NADP members or the general public.

Proposed Timeline

• July/August 2021: Solicit sponsors.
• September 2021:  Field survey
• October 2021: Release results to study sponsors.

Since study sponsors have editorial rights to the content and timing of the study, Objectives and Timeline are subject to change at their discretion.

For more information about this research project and how to participate, please contact Jerry Berggren, Director of Research and Information at 972-458-6998 x113 or by email to jberggren@nadp.org.

Commitments to participate must be made no later than August 21, 2021.