The burden of out of pocket costs and medical debt faced by households with chronic health conditions in the United States

• Patrick Richard ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patrick.richard@usuhs.edu

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-3911

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• Regine Walker,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Pierre Alexandre

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Administration, Florida Atlantic University College of Business, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America

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