Expanding the Catalog of Patient and Caregiver Out-of-Pocket Costs : A Systematic Literature Review

Out-of-pocket (OOP) health care expenditures in the United States have increased significantly in the past 5 decades. Most research on OOP costs focuses on expenditures related to insurance and cost-sharing payments or on costs related to specific conditions or settings, and does not capture the full picture of the financial burden on patients and unpaid caregivers. The aim for this systematic literature review was to identify and categorize the multitude of OOP costs to patients and unpaid caregivers, aid in the development of a more comprehensive catalog of OOP costs, and highlight potential gaps in the literature. The authors found that OOP costs are multifarious and underestimated. Across 817 included articles, the authors identified 31 subcategories of OOP costs related to direct medical (eg, insurance premiums), direct nonmedical (eg, transportation), and indirect spending (eg, absenteeism). In addition, 42% of articles studied an expenditure that the authors did not label as "OOP." A holistic and comprehensive catalog of OOP costs can inform future research, interventions, and policies related to financial barriers to health care in the United States to ensure the full range of costs for patients and unpaid caregivers are acknowledged and addressed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Population health management - 27(2024), 1 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 70-83

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmidt, Theresa [VerfasserIn]
Juday, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Palak [VerfasserIn]
Karmarkar, Taruja [VerfasserIn]
Smith-Howell, Esther Renee [VerfasserIn]
Fendrick, A Mark [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caregiver burden
Cost sharing
Direct costs
Indirect costs
Journal Article
Out-of-pocket
Patient costs
Review
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 09.02.2024

Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/pop.2023.0238

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365906212