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Health and Health Care Utilization Effects of Medical Debt Forgiveness
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Summary
The goal of this study is to estimate the direct, causal impact of medical debt on health care utilization, mental health, and wellbeing of patients. The investigators will conduct a survey to measure the impact of the debt forgiveness on health care use, mental health, and wellbeing. The survey will be administered to approximately 17,000 subjects of a recent medical financial intervention. In that prior intervention, a non-profit charity, RIP Medical Debt, purchased and abolished medical debt for a randomly selected about 6,000 (out of the 17,000) individuals. In this current protocol, the investigators will administer the survey, and will compare surveyed outcomes of subjects who received and did not receive the intervention.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
15008
Start Date
2020-11-09
Completion Date
2021-12-31
Last Updated
2026-04-30
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Medical debt forgiveness
A non-profit charity, RIP Medical Debt, bought and retired medical debt for individuals that were assigned to the treatment group.
Locations (1)
Wesley Yin
Los Angeles, California, United States