Out-of-pocket costs for childhood stroke: the impact of chronic illness on parents' pocketbooks.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Direct costs for children who had stroke are similar to those for adults. There is no information regarding the out-of-pocket costs families encounter. We described the out-of-pocket costs families encountered in the first year after a child's ischemic stroke.

Methods

Twenty-two subjects were prospectively recruited at four centers in the United States and Canada in 2008 and 2009 as part of the "Validation of the Pediatric NIH Stroke Scale" study; families' indirect costs were tracked for 1 year. Every 3 months, parents reported hours they did not work, nonreimbursed costs for medical visits or other health care, and mileage. They provided estimates of annual income. We calculated total out-of-pocket costs in US dollars and reported costs as a proportion of annual

SUBMITTER: Plumb P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276532 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature