Medical debt in New York State: estimates for large cities and towns, state legislative districts, congressional districts, and other geographic areas

Medical debt in New York State: estimates for large cities and towns, state legislative districts, congressional districts, and other geographic areas

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Andre, Jennifer, author
Karpman, Michael, author
Blavin, Fredric E., author
Gonzalez, Dulce, author
Braga, Breno, (Economist) author
Contributor(s):
Health Policy Center (Urban Institute), issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, October 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Financial Stress -- economics
Health Equity -- economics
Health Policy
New York
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A previous Urban Institute analysis of February 2022 data from a random sample of deidentified consumer credit records in New York State found that an estimated 6 percent of consumers (representing approximately 740,000 adults) had medical debt in collections on their credit reports, and this share varied widely across the state’s economic regions, counties, and communities (Karpman et al. 2023). The analysis also found that within each region, communities of color and communities facing greater economic challenges generally had the highest rates of medical debt, and nearly half of consumers with medical debt owed $500 or more. In this supplemental brief, we provide a series of tables showing the estimated prevalence of medical debt across the following additional areas: (1) cities and towns with large populations (2) metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (3) hospital referral regions (HRRs), a set of regional health care markets defined based on where patients are referred for tertiary medical care (4) state senate and assembly districts (5) congressional districts.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (22 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918734183606676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734183606676