title: Perceived health status and health insurance status: protective factors against health-related debt?
abstract: Current health care debate has largely focused on the need for health insurance coverage rather than quality coverage. Yet the economic downturn has resulted in an increasing number of individuals who are uninsured or underinsured, and consequently face financial hardships. Multivariate analyses were used with 95 adults to examine relationships between health insurance, health status, and health debt. Controlling for demographics, and human and financial capital, findings suggest that health debt is not related to health insurance or health status. However, individuals with post-secondary education and non-homeowners appear to be more at risk for accumulating health debt.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work , University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. kameric@uark.edu
authors.forename: Kameri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christy
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hampton-Stover
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shobe
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hammig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics* / Q000208:ethnology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors