Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Financial outcomes after pediatric critical illness among commercially insured families
Authors' conclusion
Many caregivers of critically ill children have financial debt or poor credit during hospitalization and post-discharge. However, caregivers may be at higher risk for poor financial status following their child's critical illness.
Study context
- Population
- Commercially insured caregivers of children with pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) hospitalizations1,016 and 1014 matched to credit data
- Participants
- 2,032 participants
- Exposure
- Post-PICU vs Comparison
- Post-PICUn = 1,017
- Comparisonn = 1,015reference
- Outcome
- Credit outcomes in January 2021
Methodological detailsstatewide commercial insurance claims linked to commercial credit data
- Statewide commercial insurance claims linked to commercial credit data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Post-PICU vs ComparisonAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI)P value
Any delinquent debt
1.25(1.02–1.53)
P = 0.03Low credit score (< 660)
1.29(1.06–1.58)
P = 0.01Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Composite: delinquent debt, debt in collections or poor credit
Original publication
Financial outcomes after pediatric critical illness among commercially insured families. Crit Care. Published 8 June 2023. doi:10.
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