Medical debt in America, part III: Debt collection

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Journal of hospital medicine Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1002/jhm.70011

Luke Messac MD, PhD, Blake N. Shultz MD, JD, Ahmed M. Ahmed MD, MPP, MSc

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Abstract

In the first two parts of the series, we described the sources of high prices in health care and the severe constraints faced by low-income patients when seeking to access care without incurring medical debt. In this third and final installment, we examine the origins of aggressive medical debt collection practices, their deleterious consequences for patients, and potential solutions.

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美国的医疗债务，第三部分：债务催收。

在本系列的前两部分中，我们描述了医疗保健高价格的来源，以及低收入患者在寻求获得医疗服务而不产生医疗债务时所面临的严重限制。在这第三和最后一期，我们检查的起源积极的医疗债务催收做法，他们对病人的有害后果，和潜在的解决方案。

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Journal of hospital medicine 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

11.50%

发文量

233

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： JHM is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine and is published 12 times per year. JHM publishes manuscripts that address the care of hospitalized adults or children. Broad areas of interest include (1) Treatments for common inpatient conditions; (2) Approaches to improving perioperative care; (3) Improving care for hospitalized patients with geriatric or pediatric vulnerabilities (such as mobility problems, or those with complex longitudinal care); (4) Evaluation of innovative healthcare delivery or educational models; (5) Approaches to improving the quality, safety, and value of healthcare across the acute- and postacute-continuum of care; and (6) Evaluation of policy and payment changes that affect hospital and postacute care.