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Crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe are a growing, important capital source for personal healthcare costs. We evaluate how funding campaigns differ between three disparate healthcare systems in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. We then determine what variables are most correlated with amount raised in US dollars.

Learning Objective: Understand how personal medical crowdfunding campaigns relate and differ among three disparate healthcare systems in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Authors:

Sameh Saleh (Presenter)
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ezimamka Ajufo, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Richard Medford, UT Southwestern Medical Center

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