Inequality in income change among cancer survivors five years after diagnosis: Evidence from a French national survey.

ABSTRACT: Worldwide, around 18 million people receive a cancer diagnosis each year, most of whom survive long enough to face additional cancer-related costs. In France, most costs directly related to cancer are covered by the National Health Insurance Fund, and cancer patients can receive treatments without paying advance fees. In this context, the costs faced by cancer survivors are mostly social costs. Drawing on fundamental cause theory, this study aimed to explore the socially-differentiated evolution of cancer survivor's income five years after diagnosis. Our study draws on the findings of VICAN5, a French national survey that was conducted in 2015/2016 in a representative sample of 4,174 cancer survivors to obtain information on living conditions five years after diagnosis, and that was restri

SUBMITTER: Alleaume C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6776327 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature