Risk factors for medical indebtedness include hospitalization, disability, high deductible, Medicare Advantage, and no insurance coverage
Family Instability,Poverty & Crowded Housing, and Poverty & Parental Separation clusters linked to increased risk
Bereavement, financial hardship especially impactful on student distress, while contracting COVID-19 tied to lower risk for distress
From 1999 to 2018, increasing prevalence of teen obesity associated with low-income households, lower education level for head of household
Significant increases seen especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents
Risks for disability and transition to probable dementia increased after ICU stay for seniors with dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid
Young and racial minority populations, those with low socioeconomic status more likely to have higher frequency use
Risk highest in the first year after diagnosis, but remains higher in those living in the lowest-income counties
Children from families with lower income and those from minority racial/ethnic groups also most likely to have COVID-19-related school closures
Findings seen in longitudinal study of U.S. teens of diverse backgrounds recruited from schools in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area