Associations between Difficulty Paying Medical Bills and Forgone Medical and Prescription Drug Care

Population Health Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 358-366

  Baughman, Kristin R ^a   Burke, Ryan C ^b   Hewit, Michael S ^a   Sudano, Joseph J ^c   Meeker, James ^a   Hull, Sharon K ^d  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BEHAVIORAL MODEL FOR VULNERABLE POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORGONE MEDICAL CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OHIO FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION FEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941884627     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2014.0128     Document Type: Article

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