The Impact of Burn Survivor Pre-injury Income and Payer Status on Health-Related Quality of Life.
Clifford C SheckterGretchen J CarrougherSteven E WolfJeffrey C SchneiderNicole GibranBarclay T StewartPublished in: Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association (2021)
There was a peaking relationship between HRQL and middle-class income, but this trend was not significant after adjusting for covariates. Public payers, particularly Medicare, were independently associated with poorer HRQL. The findings might be used to identify those at risk of financial toxicity for targeting assistance during rehabilitation.