Out-of-Pocket Costs, Financial Distress, and Underinsurance in Cancer Care

JAMA Oncol. 2017 Nov 1;3(11):1582-1584. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.2148.

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey study examines financial distress and cost expectations among patients with cancer presenting for anticancer therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cost of Illness
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Decision Making
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Medically Uninsured / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / economics*
  • Neoplasms / psychology