ArticleInquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
Presence of Any Medical Debt Associated With Two Additional Years of Homelessness in a Seattle Sample.
Article in Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Housing and displacement as risk factors for negative health outcomes among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO, USA.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Housing Instability Following Medical Debt Exposure Among US Adults, 2023 to 2025.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Not enough: Medicaid expansion, medical debt, and cost avoidance in rural American Indian and Alaska Native households.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
- The Role of Street Medicine and Mobile Clinics for Persons Experiencing Homelessness: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Homeless Patients with Lung Cancer in Metropolitan Tokyo.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2021Article
- Medical Debt, Credit Card Debt, and Other Financial Debt Among Veterans Who Receive Homeless Assistance in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Although medical debt has been associated with housing instability, almost no research has connected homelessness to medical debt. We interviewed 60 individuals experiencing homelessness in Seattle, selected from those participating in self-governed encampments organized by a homeless advocacy organization. Most respondents reported having at least one kind of debt, with two-thirds reporting current medical debt. Almost half reported trouble paying medical bills for themselves or family members. Almost one-third believed medical debt was in part responsible for their current housing situation. More than half with medical debt incurred this debt while they were covered under insurance. People who had trouble paying medical bills experienced a more recent episode of homelessness 2 years longer than those who did not have such trouble, even after controlling for race, education, age, gender, and health status. People of color who had trouble paying medical bills reported almost 1 year more homelessness than whites.
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