During the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 175,000 crowdfunding
campaigns were established in the US for coronavirus-related needs using the platform …

There has been growing recognition of the popularity of medical crowdfunding and research
documenting how crowdfunding arises from, and contributes to, social and health inequities …

Objectives. To assess whether medical crowdfunding use and outcomes are aligned with
health financing needs in the United States. Methods. We collected data on 437 596 US …

Background Recent studies have analyzed the factors that contribute to variations in the
success of crowdfunding campaigns for a specific cancer type; however, little is known about …

Medical crowdfunding is an accessible alternative for individuals to meet their unaffordable
health needs. This study explores the role of personal networks in medical crowdfunding …

This article explores how inequities are reproduced by, and valued within, the increasingly
ubiquitous world of medical crowdfunding. As patients use platforms like GoFundMe to …

During the early months of COVID‐19, many people in the US turned to charitable
crowdfunding to seek and provide assistance. Little is known about the needs, hopes or …

GoFundMe, founded in 2010, has already profoundly impacted giving practices, introducing
many laypersons to the empowering potentials and user‐friendly affordances of peer‐to …

Previous research on abortion‐related crowdfunding campaigns found that they are
impacted by stigma around abortion and rarely successful. This paper analyzes …

Background Complementary and alternative (CAM) cancer treatment is often expensive and
not covered by insurance. As a result, many people turn to crowdfunding to access this …