The Out-of-Pocket Cost Burden of Cancer Care—A Systematic Literature Review

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Authors

Nicolas Iragorri · Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Claire de Oliveira · Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Natalie Fitzgerald · Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Beverley M. Essue · Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Abstract

We found evidence that cancer is associated with high out-of-pocket costs. Healthcare systems have an opportunity to improve the coverage of medical and non-medical costs for cancer patients to help alleviate this burden and ensure equitable access to care.

Topics & Keywords

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Current Oncology

Volume 28, Issue 2, pp. 1216-1248

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol28020117

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