Families left in the dark about projected costs of their children’s hospital stays, Stanford study finds

Becker's Healthcare September 22, 2021
Alia Paavola

Despite wanting to have conversations with hospital staff about the projected cost of their children’s care, many families are left in the dark, a new study led by Stanford (Calif.) Medicine found.

For the study, published Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open, researchers surveyed 526 parents of inpatients at six academic medical centers in the U.S.

The researchers found that although 76 percent of families wanted to have conversations about medical costs, just 7 percent of families had these conversations during their child’s stay.

The researchers also found that 75 percent of...

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