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Childhood adversity linked to higher out-of-pocket health care costs in adulthood

Bioengineer by Bioengineer
March 21, 2019
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FINDINGS

A study has found that out-of-pocket health care spending and medical debt are substantially higher when adults have a history of adverse childhood experiences. The study showed that household medical costs were 30 percent higher, and the likelihood of medical debt was doubled, when an adult had lived through three or more adverse experiences during childhood.

BACKGROUND

Adverse childhood experiences include abuse, neglect and household dysfunction that occur before 18 years of age. The types of hardships can include divorce or separation from parents, violence in the home and parental mental illness. Such experiences in childhood are linked to higher rates of mental and physical illness in adulthood. Previous studies have shown that physical and sexual abuse were associated with higher out-of-pocket medical costs. This is the first study to look at the full range of adverse childhood experiences and their effect on later out-of-pocket health care costs, according to the researchers. For purposes of the study, out-of-pocket costs included spending on such items as coinsurance, deductibles and anything not covered by medical insurance.

METHOD

Researchers collected data on household out-of-pocket medical costs and information about adverse childhood experiences from the University of Michigan’s Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a long-running U.S. household survey. Associations between adverse experiences and out-of-pocket household medical costs were then linked using statistical analyses, controlling for other factors such as income and demographic background.

IMPACT

About two out of three adults will experience one or more adverse experiences during childhood. Interventions to reduce childhood adversity could lead to a reduction of the costs associated with it. The next stage of research will examine the total cost to the health care system.

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AUTHORS

Dr. Adam Schickedanz led the study. Co-authors are Dr. José Escarce, Dr. Neal Halfon and Dr. Paul Chung from UCLA; and Narayan Sastry from the University of Michigan.

JOURNAL

The findings were published online in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

FUNDING

The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation funded the study.

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Shreya Bhola
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