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Families with ≥3 financial hardships lost or spent 6 times more of their daily income on nonmedical hospitalization costs compared with those without hardships.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,372)
Pediatric hospitalizations impose significant nonmedical financial burdens on families, disproportionately affecting those with pre-existing socioeconomic hardships.
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May widen disparities in pediatric care; leaves open whether targeted interventions can mitigate nonmedical costs.
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Chang et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Pediatric hospitalizations (n=1,372). Financial and social hardships vs. No financial or social hardships was evaluated on Total nonmedical cost burden, daily cost burden (DCB), and DCB as a percentage of daily household income (DCBi). Families with ≥3 financial hardships lost or spent 6 times more of their daily income on nonmedical hospitalization costs compared with those without hardships.
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