Material financial hardship and insurance-related experiences among Utah's rural and urban cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Describe material financial hardship (e.g., using savings, credit card debt), insurance, and access to care experienced by Utah cancer survivors; investigate urban-rural differences in financial hardship.

Methods

Cancer survivors were surveyed from 2018 to 2021 about their experiences with financial hardship, access to healthcare, and job lock (insurance preventing employment changes). Weighed percentage responses, univariable and multivariable logistic regression models for these outcomes compared differences in survivors living in rural and urban areas based on Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes.

Results

The N = 1793 participants were predominantly Non-Hispanic White, female, and 65 or older at time of survey. More urban than rural survivors had a college degr

SUBMITTER: Kaddas HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315807 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature