Association of Health Insurance Literacy With Financial Hardship in Patients With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patient-reported financial hardship is an increasing challenge in cancer care delivery. Health insurance literacy and its association with financial hardship in patients with cancer, especially after controlling for financial literacy, have not been well examined.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of and factors in the association between health insurance literacy and financial literacy as well as the overall and individual domains of financial hardship and their association with health insurance literacy, both independently and when adjusted for financial literacy, in patients with cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional survey study recruited and enrolled patients from 2 separate ambulatory infusion centers at Mayo Clinic Arizona

SUBMITTER: Khera N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315419 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature