Assessment of financial screening and navigation capabilities at National Cancer Institute community oncology clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related financial hardship is a side effect of cancer diagnosis and treatment, and affects both patients and caregivers. Although many oncology clinics have increased financial navigation services, few have resources to proactively provide financial counseling and assistance to families affected by cancer before financial hardship occurs. As part of an ongoing randomized study testing a proactive financial navigation intervention, S1912CD, among sites of the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), we conducted a baseline survey to learn more about existing financial resources available to patients and caregivers.

Methods

The NCORP sites participating in the S1912CD study completed a required 10-question survey about their avai

SUBMITTER: Bell-Brown A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471524 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature