Assessment of Out-of-Pocket Spending for COVID-19 Hospitalizations in the US in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many insurers waived cost sharing for COVID-19 hospitalizations during 2020. Nonetheless, patients may have been billed if their plans did not implement waivers or if waivers did not capture all hospitalization-related care. Assessment of out-of-pocket spending for COVID-19 hospitalizations in 2020 may show the financial burden that patients may experience if insurers allow waivers to expire, as many chose to do during 2021.

Objective

To estimate out-of-pocket spending for COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US in 2020.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the IQVIA PharMetrics Plus for Academics Database, a national claims database representing 7.7 million privately insured patients and 1.0 million Medicare Advantage pat

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524307 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature