Table 3.
Coping Strategies to Pay for Child’s Medical Care Stratified by Federal Poverty Level
| Adjusted Annual Family Income as %FPL a,b | Total Nc=71 n (%) |
P-value d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤200 Nc=12 n (%) |
201–400 Nc =19 n (%) |
>400 Nc =40 n (%) |
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| Coping Strategies | |||||
| Forgo making a big purchase | 4/11 (36) | 9 (47) | 14/37 (38) | 27/67 (40) | 0.79 |
| Sold property | 0/10 (0) | 1 (5) | 2/38 (5) | 3/67 (4) | 1 |
| Took additional mortgage | 1/10 (10) | 1 (5) | 0/38 (0) | 2/67 (3) | 0.18 |
| Incurred credit card debt | 2/10 (20) | 5 (26) | 11/38 (29) | 18/67 (27) | 0.93 |
| Took out a loan | 1/10 (10) | 2 (11) | 4/38 (11) | 7/67 (10) | 1 |
| Fundraising | 4/11 (36) | 11 (58) | 20/38 (52) | 35/68 (51) | 0.57 |
FPL=Federal Poverty Level
a
Reported income was conservatively adjusted by calculating the midpoint for each category and adding the midpoint of reported lost income to derive adjusted baseline income. See Methods.
b
Adjusted annual family income was divided by the appropriate poverty guideline for household size and multiplied by 100 to achieve percentage of Federal Poverty Level.
c
Denominator indicated if warranted.
d
Fisher’s exact test.