Facing financial barriers to healthcare: patient-informed adaptation of a conceptual framework for adults with a history of cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related financial hardship is associated with negative clinical outcomes, which may be partially explained by cost-related delayed or forgone care in response to financial barriers. We sought to understand patient experiences facing financial barriers to medical care following a cancer diagnosis.

Methods

We conducted virtual, semi-structured interviews in Fall 2022 with 20 adults with a history of cancer who had experienced cancer-related financial hardship in the prior year. We used template analysis within a pragmatic paradigm, combining constructivist and critical realist theoretical perspectives, to analyze interview transcripts and adapt an existing conceptual framework of financial barriers to care.

Results

The majority of interviewees identifi

SUBMITTER: Biddell CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10225523 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature