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Health and Health Care Utilization Effects of Medical Debt Forgiveness

NCT04835012 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 15008

Last updated 2026-04-30

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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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Medical debt forgiveness

A non-profit charity, RIP Medical Debt, bought and retired medical debt for individuals that were assigned to the treatment group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Wesley Yin, PhD · University of California, Los Angeles

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-09
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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