Beyond co-pays and out-of-pocket costs: Perceptions of health-related financial burden in managing asthma among African American women

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1083-1088

  Patel, Minal R ^a   Nelson, Belinda W ^a   Id Deen, Effat ^a   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Health insurance; Illness and disease experiences; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL BURDEN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL LEAVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; SALARY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MICHIGAN; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84910646153     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.936453     Document Type: Article

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