Health and Health Care Utilization Effects of Medical Debt Forgiveness
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Tilmelding
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiekontakt
Studiekontakt
- Navn: Professor, PhD
- Telefonnummer: (310) 206-3969
- E-mail: aorkin@research.ucla.edu
Studiesteder
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California
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Los Angeles, California, Forenede Stater, 90095
- Wesley Yin
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Studiebefolkning
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals ages 18 and over who owed medical debt to FFAM, a debt collections agency
Exclusion Criteria:
- Excluded individuals who owed less than $500 in medical debt to FFAM
- Excluded individuals with missing social security numbers
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Antal grupper/kohorter
Kohorter og interventioner
Gruppe / kohorteGruppe / kohorte |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Treatment
Subjects in this "treatment" group had their medical debt forgiven by a non-profit charity, RIP Medical Debt.
This protocol will administer a survey to measure subjects' health care utilization, mental health, and subjective well-being.
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A non-profit charity, RIP Medical Debt, bought and retired medical debt for individuals that were assigned to the treatment group.
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Control
No intervention was given to subjects in this "control" group.
This protocol will administer a survey to measure subjects' health care utilization, mental health, and subjective well-being.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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8-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) Depression Scale
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Scores on the 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater severity of depression.
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Received Needed Health Care
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Binary response to: "If you needed medical care in the last 12 months, did you get ALL the medical care you needed?" (Health Care Utilization domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Received Needed Rx
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Binary response to: "If you needed prescription medications in the last 12 months, did you get all the prescription medications you needed?" (Health Care Utilization domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD7) Scale
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Scores on the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater severity of anxiety (Mental Health Domain).
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Stress
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Binary response to: "Stress means a situation in which a person feels tense, restless, nervous or anxious or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time.
Do you feel this kind of stress these days?"
(Mental Health Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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General Health
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Response to: "In general, would you say your health is: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor?" (General Health Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Happiness
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Response to: "Taken all together, how would you say things are these days - would you say that you are Very Happy, Pretty Happy, or Not Too Happy?" (Subjective Wellbeing Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Problems paying other bills
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Response to: "Besides medical bills, have you had problems paying other types of bills in the past 12 months?"
(Financial Stress Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Changes in spending due to medical debt
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Indexed response to: "As a result of medical bills have you cut back on spending in the past 12 months on i) basic necessities (like food, heat or housing, or other basic household items), ii) Big-ticket items (like cars, furniture, or appliances); iii) business investments?"
(Financial Stress Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Changes in borrowing due to medical debt
Tidsramme: An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Indexed response to: "As a result of medical bills, in the past 12 months, have you i) Increased your credit card debt, or charge card debt?
ii) Borrowed money from a payday lender?; iii) Borrowed from friends and family?; iv) Used up all or most of your savings?; v) Increased debt on other lines of credit?" (Financial Stress Domain)
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An average of 12 months after the intervention.
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Wesley Yin, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Faktiske)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
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IPD-delingstidsramme
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