Associations of Medical Debt With Health Status, Premature Death, and Mortality in the US

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Results of a study of 2,943 counties, to examine whether medical debt in collections is associated with population health at the county level. Includes county-level maps showing rates and median amounts of medical debt as of 2018, and statistics with breakdowns by metropolitan or nonmetropolitan areas.

Xuesong Han, Xin Hu, Zhiyuan Zheng, Kewei Sylvia Shi, K. Robin Yabroff

JAMA Network Open, 7(3), e2354766

03/2024

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Health disparities · Mental health · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Uninsured and underinsured