Medical Financial Hardship Intensity and Financial Sacrifice Associated with Cancer in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With rising costs of cancer care, this study aims to estimate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, medical financial hardship intensity and financial sacrifices due to cancer in the United States.

Methods

We identified 963 cancer survivors from the 2016 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey - Experiences with Cancer. Medical financial hardship due to cancer was measured in material (e.g., filed for bankruptcy), psychological (e.g., worry about paying bills and finances), and behavioral (e.g., delaying or forgoing care due to cost) domains. Nonmedical financial sacrifices included changes in spending and use of savings. Multivariable logistic models were used to identify characteristics associated with hardship intensity and sacrifices stratified by age grou

SUBMITTER: Han X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007367 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature