Association of Financial Hardship Because of Medical Bills With Adverse Outcomes Among Families of Children With Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Congenital heart disease (CHD) carries significant health care costs and out-of-pocket expenses for families. Little is known about how financial hardship because of medical bills affects families' access to essential needs or medical care.

Objective

To assess the national prevalence of financial hardship because of medical bills among families of children with CHD in the US and the association of financial hardship with adverse outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional survey study used data on children 17 years and younger with self-reported CHD from the National Health Interview Survey of US households between 2011 and 2017. Data were analyzed from March 2019 to April 2020.

Exposures

Financial hardship because of medical bil

SUBMITTER: Ludomirsky AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745138 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature