The relationship between medical care costs and personal bankruptcy

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Brotman, Billie Ann ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Insurance coverage; Medical costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BANKRUPTCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447263791     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. D.U. Himmelstein, E. Warren, D. Thorne, and S. Woolhandler, "Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy," Health Affairs (Feb. 2005).
2. R.M. Lawless, "The Relationship between Nonbusiness Bankruptcy Filings and Various Basic Measures of Consumer Debt," draft paper available at www.law.unlv.edu/faculty/ rlawless/busbkr/filings.htm.
3. See the conclusions reached in the paper published by Himmelstein, Warren, Thorne, and Woolhandler, available at http://content. healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hltaff.w5.63/ DC1.