Impact of a Comprehensive Financial Navigation Intervention to Reduce Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the need to reduce the impact of financial toxicity among patients with cancer is widely acknowledged, few interventions have been developed to address this issue. We tested a novel, multiphase, patient-centered financial navigation (FN) intervention at a large academic medical center.

Methods

We developed a financial toxicity screening tool consisting of the Comprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) measure plus several additional items based on patient feedback. After systematizing the screening process, 50 patients from the North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital were enrolled in the FN intervention following a positive screen for financial distress (COST score <23). The FN intervention involved one-on-one consultations with a trained financial

SUBMITTER: Wheeler SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690979 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature