Cancer-Related Financial Hardship Screening as Part of Practice Transformation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on financial hardship, an "adverse event" in individuals with cancer, are needed to inform policy and supportive care interventions and reduce adverse economic outcomes.

Methods

Lay navigator-led financial hardship screening was piloted among University of Alabama at Birmingham oncology patients initiating treatment in October 2020. Financial hardship screening, including reported financial distress and difficulty, was added to a standard-of-care treatment planning survey. Screening feasibility and completion and proportions of reported financial distress and difficulty were calculated overall and by patient race and rurality. The risk of financial distress by patient sociodemographics was estimated.

Results

Patients who completed a treatment planning

SUBMITTER: Williams CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10635335 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature