Medical Xpress August 28, 2024
Half of cancer survivors experience cancer-related financial hardship, according to a research letter published online Aug. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Apoorv Dhir, M.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues estimated the prevalence of financial hardship among cancer survivors across cancer types. The analysis included responses from 1,212 participants in the 2021 Health Information National Trends Survey- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.
The researchers found that when asked about experience of financial hardship, 56.4% responded not at all, 22.1% a little, 15.0 some, and 6.5% a lot. There was variation by cancer type. Higher odds of increased financial hardship were...
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