Out-of-Pocket Spending for Non-Birth-Related Hospitalizations of Privately Insured US Children, 2017 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Privately insured US children account for 40% of non-birth-related pediatric hospitalizations. However, there are no national data on the magnitude or correlates of out-of-pocket spending for these hospitalizations.

Objective

To estimate out-of-pocket spending for non-birth-related hospitalizations among privately insured children and identify factors associated with this spending.

Design, setting, and participants

This study is a cross-sectional analysis of the IBM MarketScan Commercial Database, which reports claims from 25 to 27 million privately insured enrollees annually. In the primary analysis, all non-birth-related hospitalizations of children 18 years and younger from 2017 through 2019 were included. In a secondary analysis focused on insurance ben

SUBMITTER: Carlton EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10043803 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature