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medical bankruptcy: a standalone construct

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medicalbankruptcy1 CONSTRUCTMedical bankruptcyHIMMELSTEIN · HEALTH ECONOMICS

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Health economics

personal bankruptcy in which medical bills or income lost to illness are a contributing cause.

In health economics, medical bankruptcy refers to personal bankruptcy in which medical bills or income lost to illness are a contributing cause. This meaning comes from Himmelstein (2009) in The American Journal of Medicine.[1]

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  1. Himmelstein, D. U., Thorne, D., Warren, E., & Woolhandler, S. (2009). Medical Bankruptcy in the United States, 2007: Results of a National Study. The American Journal of Medicine, 122(8), 741-746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.04.012

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