Use of an Online Crowdfunding Platform for Unmet Financial Obligations in Cancer Care

Andrew J Cohen; Hartley Brody; German Patino; Medina Ndoye; Aron Liaw; Christi Butler; Benjamin N Breyer

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3330

Use of an Online Crowdfunding Platform for Unmet Financial Obligations in Cancer Care

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Dec 1;179(12):1717-1720. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3330.

Authors

Andrew J Cohen¹, Hartley Brody¹, German Patino^{1

2}, Medina Ndoye¹, Aron Liaw¹, Christi Butler¹, Benjamin N Breyer^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
² Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia.
³ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study identified characteristics of patients using an online crowdfunding platform for unmet financial obligations associated with cancer care.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Healthcare Financing*
Humans
Neoplasms / economics
Neoplasms / therapy*
Social Media*