STATISTICAL BRIEF #507: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Non-Elderly Families by Income and Family Structure, 2015

STATISTICAL BRIEF #507: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Non-Elderly Families by Income and Family Structure, 2015

AHRQ Stats: Family Expenses for Health Care

About 14 percent of families had out-of-pocket health care expenses exceeding $2,500 in 2015. This level of expense occurred in 4 percent of poor families and 22 percent of high-income families. (Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #507: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Non-Elderly Families by Income and Family Structure, 2015.)