2021
Out‐of‐pocket Annual Health Expenditures and Financial Toxicity from Healthcare Costs in Patients with Heart Failure in the United States
Wang SY, Valero‐Elizondo J, Ali H, Pandey A, Cainzos‐Achirica M, Krumholz HM, Nasir K, Khera R. Out‐of‐pocket Annual Health Expenditures and Financial Toxicity from Healthcare Costs in Patients with Heart Failure in the United States. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e022164. PMID: 33998273, PMCID: PMC8483501, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGreater risk-adjusted oddsRisk-adjusted oddsHeart failureMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyCatastrophic financial burdenPocket healthcare expensesHigh financial burdenFinancial toxicityHealthcare expensesFinancial burdenHealthcare costsCatastrophic burdenMajor public health burdenLow-income familiesBackground Heart failurePublic health burdenInsurance premiumsPanel SurveyPocket healthcare costsAnnual health expenditureWorld Health OrganizationConclusions PatientsHealth insurance premiumsPocket healthcare expenditureHealth burden
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