An overdose of out-of-pocket expenses. [PDF]
Milbank Q, 2014 It's one of the most important studies in the history of research about health care. It's also one of the most frequently misunderstood, and most commonly misapplied, studies.
Cohn J.
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Out-of-pocket expenses for myasthenia gravis patients in China: a study on patients insured by basic medical insurance in China, 2013–2015 [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020 Background Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder. The disorder requires long-term use of expensive medication to control clinical symptoms.
Tao-yu Lin +3 more
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Out‐of‐pocket expenses and their burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
Arthritis Care and Research: the Official Journal of the Arthritis Health Professions Association, 2009 AbstractObjectiveTo describe and understand the burden of out‐of‐pocket expenses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsWe studied out‐of‐pocket expenses and their burden in 8,545 US patients with RA. We determined direct medical costs, out‐of‐pocket expenses, the burden of out‐of‐pocket expenses, household income, and measures of RA ...
Frederick Wolfe, Kaleb Michaud
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The Economic Burden of Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Plastic Surgery Procedures. [PDF]
Plast Reconstr Surg, 2020 Background: Health insurance reimbursement structure has evolved, with patients becoming increasingly responsible for their health care costs through rising out-of-pocket expenses. High levels of cost sharing can lead to delays in access to care, influence treatment decisions, and cause financial distress for patients.
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Pretreatment Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Presumptive Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients, India, 2016–2017 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly.
Priya Rathi +7 more
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Covid-19, out-of-pocket medical expenses and consumption [PDF]
Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2021 Purpose Based upon estimates of the change in consumption due to a change in out-of-pocket-health expenses (dC/dOOPHE) for 43 countries, this paper aims to argue for a reevaluation of what constitutes OOPHE when determining health insurance especially in the wake of Covid-19. Design/methodology/approach Reiterative truncated projected least squares (
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Economic Burden of the Out-of-Pocket Expenses for People with Multiple Sclerosis in France. [PDF]
Pharmacoecon Open, 2020 People with chronic diseases in France frequently incur out-of-pocket expenses (OOPE) related to their medical care.The objective of this study was to evaluate OOPE incurred by people with multiple sclerosis (MS) with respect to direct non-medical and medical expenditure.Data were collected through a web-based survey using an online patient community ...
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Out-of-Pocket Expenses among Adults with Diabetes. [PDF]
J Natl Med Assoc, 2019 Racial and ethnic minority groups have a higher prevalence of diabetes, increased risk for adverse complications, and worse health outcomes compared to Non-Hispanic Whites. Evidence suggests they also have higher healthcare expenses associated with diabetes care.
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Recent trends in the probability of high out-of-pocket medical expenses in the United States
SAGE Open Medicine, 2016 Objective: This article measures the probability that out-of-pocket expenses in the United States exceed a threshold share of income. It calculates this probability separately by individuals’ health condition, income, and elderly status and estimates ...
Katherine E Baird
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Last Year of Life, Frailty, and Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study [PDF]
Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2022 Maria Fernanda Carrillo Vega +2 more
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