Employment, Insurance, and Financial Experiences of Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease in North America.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the socioeconomic impact of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) on affected patients is essential to help improve their overall well-being. Using data from the Chronic GVHD Consortium, we describe the insurance, employment, and financial challenges faced by these patients and the factors associated with the ability to work/attend school and associated financial burdens. A 15-item cross-sectional questionnaire designed to measure financial concerns, income, employment, and insurance was completed by 190 patients (response rate, 68%; 10 centers) enrolled on a multicenter Chronic GVHD Consortium Response Measures Validation Study. Multivariable logistic regression models examined the factors associated with financial burden and ability to work/attend school. The median age

SUBMITTER: Khera N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445749 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature