The Financial Burden of Medical Care Expenses for Children
作者:
Paul Newacheck,
Neal Halfon,
期刊:
Medical Care
(OVID Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 12
页码: 1110-1117
ISSN:0025-7079
年代: 1986
出版商: OVID
关键词: medical care expenditures;utilization;poverty;children's health
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Data from the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey are used to assess whether financial burdens incurred in obtaining medical services for children are distributed equitably among families with different incomes. When measured in absolute terms, out-of-pocket charges appear to increase in a progressive fashion with family income. However, when out-of-pocket charges are measured relative to ability to pay, a regressive pattern is demonstrated. Within the poverty population, children with continuous Medicaid coverage have much lower out-of-pocket costs than other children. Extension of Medicaid coverage to additional children below poverty is suggested as one approach toward reducing current inequities.
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