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The burden of out of pocket costs and medical debt faced by households with chronic health conditions in the United States

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  • Patrick Richard
  • Regine Walker
  • Pierre Alexandre

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Introduction: To examine the relationship between chronic health conditions and out-of-pocket costs (OOPC) and medical debt. Methods: Secondary data from the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) was used. Households whose head of household and spouse (for married households) were 18 to 64 years old were included. Results: Households with 1 to 3 chronic conditions had higher odds of having any OOPC compared to households with no chronic conditions (AOR 1.74, 95% CI 1.39, 2.17) (p

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  • Patrick Richard & Regine Walker & Pierre Alexandre, 2018. "The burden of out of pocket costs and medical debt faced by households with chronic health conditions in the United States," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(6), pages 1-13, June.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199598
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