Trends in and Factors Associated With Out-of-Pocket Spending for COVID-19 Hospitalizations From March 2020 to March 2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2148237. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48237.

Kao-Ping Chua^{1

2}, Rena M Conti³, Nora V Becker⁴

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Markets, Public Policy, and Law, Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy, Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assessed the factors associated with out-of-pocket spending for COVID-19 hospitalizations from March 2020 to March 2021