"You Have to Rob Peter to Pay Paul So Your Kid Can Breathe": Using Qualitative Methods to Characterize Trade-Offs and Economic Impact of Asthma Care Costs.

Background: Economic analyses often focus narrowly on individual patients' health care use, while overlooking the growing economic burden of out-of-pocket costs for health care on other family medical and household needs.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore intrafamilial trade-offs families make when paying for asthma care.

Research Design: In 2018, we conducted telephone interviews with 59 commercially insured adults who had asthma and/or had a child with asthma.

Strategies commercially-insured families use to manage the cost of asthma care: a qualitative interview study.

Objective: Families affected by asthma report difficulty adhering to care regimens because of high medication costs, coupled with increased cost sharing required by some insurance plans. To inform efforts to support adherence, we conducted a qualitative study to explore how families manage asthma care costs.

Methods: We conducted phone interviews with commercially-insured, US adults ( = 59) who had asthma and/or a child with asthma.