Predictors of delayed or forgone needed health care for families with children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to determine how health care-related financial burden, childhood activity limitations, health insurance, and other access-related factors predict delayed or forgone care for families with children, using a nationally representative, population-based sample.

Methods

Our sample included families with children aged 0 to 17 years whose family was interviewed about their health care expenditures in 1 of 7 panels of the 2001 to 2008 Medial Expenditure Panel Survey (N = 14 138). Financial burden was defined as (1) the sum of out-of-pocket health service expenditures during the first survey year and (2) that sum divided by adjusted family income. Delayed or forgone care was defined as self-report of delayed or forgone medical care or prescription medications for

SUBMITTER: Wisk LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3507252 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature