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Financial hardship among cancer survivors in Southern New Jersey

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SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
卷 29, 期 11, 页码 6613-6623

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DOI: 10.1007/s00520-021-06232-7

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Financial burden; Financial hardship; Financial consequences; Employment; Income; Cancer

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  1. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute [HHSN261201300021I]
  2. National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [5U58DP003931-02]
  4. State of New Jersey
  5. Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

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The study identified predictors of financial hardship among cancer survivors, such as income, employment status, education, race, and gender. Findings suggest a need to improve and expand financial navigation programs, with a focus on strengthening family leave policies for employed survivors.
Purpose To identify predictors of financial hardship, operationalized as foregoing health care, making financial sacrifices, and being concerned about having inadequate financial and insurance information. Methods Cancer survivors (n = 346) identified through the New Jersey State Cancer Registry were surveyed from August 2018 to September 2019. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Results Cancer survivors with household incomes less than $50,000 annually were more likely than those earning $50,0000-$90,000 to report foregoing health care (15.8 percentage points, p < 0.05). Compared to retirees, survivors who were currently unemployed, disabled, or were homemakers were more likely to forego doctor's visits (11.4 percentage points, p < 0.05), more likely to report borrowing money (16.1 percentage points, p < 0.01), and more likely to report wanting health insurance information (25.7 percentage points, p < 0.01). Employed survivors were more likely than retirees to forego health care (16.8 percentage points, p < 0.05) and make financial sacrifices (20.0 percentage points, p < 0.01). Survivors who never went to college were 9.8 percentage points (p < 0.05) more likely to borrow money compared to college graduates. Black survivors were more likely to want information about dealing with financial and insurance issues (p < 0.01); men were more likely to forego health care (p < 0.05). Conclusion Findings highlight the role of employment status and suggest that education, income, race, and gender also shape cancer survivors' experience of financial hardship. There is a need to refine and extend financial navigation programs. For employed survivors, strengthening family leave policies would be desirable.

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