ArticleThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2014
Beyond co-pays and out-of-pocket costs: perceptions of health-related financial burden in managing asthma among African American women.
Article in The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Physician-patient communication on cost and affordability in asthma care. Who wants to talk about it and who is actually doing it.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2014Trial
- Non-monetary burdens of out-of-pocket costs incurred by patients and caregivers for medical care: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Disparities in Initiation of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in an Insured Population.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to define perceptions of health-related financial burden based on the views of individuals who report these perceptions through qualitative approaches.
methodsFour focus groups were conducted in Southeast Michigan with 26 African American women with asthma, recruited based on maximum variation sampling procedures. A semi-structured interview was employed by facilitators. Coded transcripts were analyzed for themes regarding dimensions of the meaning of financial burden.
resultsMajor domains of financial burden identified included (1) high out-of-pocket expenses; (2) lost wages from exacerbations, inability to maintain a stable job and stress from making decisions about taking a sick day or coming to work; (3) transport costs; (4) both costs and stress of managing insurance eligibility and correcting erroneous bills.
conclusionGreater awareness of factors that add to perceptions of financial burden might better equip researchers to develop interventions to help care teams manage such concerns with their patients.
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