2021
Financial Hardship From Medical Bills Among Adults With Chronic Liver Diseases: National Estimates From the United States
Lago‐Hernandez C, Nguyen NH, Khera R, Loomba R, Asrani SK, Singh S. Financial Hardship From Medical Bills Among Adults With Chronic Liver Diseases: National Estimates From the United States. Hepatology 2021, 74: 1509-1522. PMID: 33772833, DOI: 10.1002/hep.31835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic liver diseaseCost-Related Nonadherence to Medications Among US Adults With Chronic Liver Diseases
Lago-Hernandez C, Nguyen NH, Khera R, Loomba R, Asrani SK, Singh S. Cost-Related Nonadherence to Medications Among US Adults With Chronic Liver Diseases. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2021, 96: 2639-2650. PMID: 34120754, PMCID: PMC8492496, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.02.026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
National Estimates of Financial Hardship From Medical Bills and Cost-related Medication Nonadherence in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the United States
Nguyen NH, Khera R, Dulai PS, Boland BS, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn WJ, Singh S. National Estimates of Financial Hardship From Medical Bills and Cost-related Medication Nonadherence in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the United States. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020, 27: 1068-1078. PMID: 33051681, PMCID: PMC8205631, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-related medication nonadherenceInflammatory bowel diseaseBowel diseaseMedication nonadherenceFinancial toxicityMedical billsSelf-reported inflammatory bowel diseaseSubstantial health care needsUnplanned health care utilizationNational estimatesNational Health Interview SurveyHigh ED utilizationEmergency department utilizationHealth care utilizationHealth Interview SurveyTimes higher oddsHealth care needsCost-reducing behaviorsFinancial hardshipValue-based careED utilizationCare utilizationNational burdenHigher oddsHealth care affordability
2018
Association of Out-of-Pocket Annual Health Expenditures With Financial Hardship in Low-Income Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
Khera R, Valero-Elizondo J, Okunrintemi V, Saxena A, Das SR, de Lemos JA, Krumholz HM, Nasir K. Association of Out-of-Pocket Annual Health Expenditures With Financial Hardship in Low-Income Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States. JAMA Cardiology 2018, 3: 729-738. PMID: 29971325, PMCID: PMC6143078, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.1813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatastrophic financial burdenLow-income familiesPocket health care expensesHigh financial burdenMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyHealth care expensesFamily incomeFinancial burdenPanel SurveyHealth expensesMean annual family incomePocket expensesCare expensesFinancial hardshipAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseLow incomePocket health expensesAssociation of OutAnnual family incomeFederal poverty limitHigh-income familiesAnnual health expenditureLow-income adultsInsurance premiumsHealth expenditure