Are survivors who report cancer‐related financial problems more likely to forgo or delay medical care?

2013402 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Erin E. Kent · National Cancer Institute

Laura P. Forsythe · Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

K. Robin Yabroff · National Cancer Institute

Kathryn E. Weaver · Wake Forest University

Janet S. de Moor · National Cancer Institute

Juan J. Llibre Rodríguez · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Julia H. Rowland

Abstract

Cancer-related financial problems are not only disproportionately represented in survivors who are younger, members of a minority group, and have a higher treatment burden, but may also contribute to survivors forgoing or delaying medical care after cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Healthcare Policy and Management Cancer survivorship and care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 119, Issue 20, pp. 3710-3717

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28262

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 63.38

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