• Center on Health Equity and Access
  • Clinical
  • Health Care Cost
  • Health Care Delivery
  • Insurance
  • Policy
  • Technology
  • Value-Based Care

Cancer Costs Hit Young and Poor Hardest: Study

Article

In a new survey, colon cancer patients younger than 50 and those with low incomes or unemployed were most likely to experience severe financial hardships as a result of the treatments meant to save their lives.

The study of Washington state residents who underwent colon cancer treatment found that compared with older people, patients under age 50 had more than 50-times greater chances of selling or refinancing their homes, having their income drop 20 percent or more, going into debt or having to borrow money from friends and family to meet expenses.

Read the full story: http://hcp.lv/w54Z81

Source: Reuters

Related Videos
Amit Singal, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mila Felder, MD, FACEP, emergency physician and vice president for Well-Being for All Teammates, Advocate Health
Rashon Lane, PhD, MA
Dr Julie Patterson, National Pharmaceutical Council
Diana Isaacs, PharmD
Video 11 - "Social Burden and Goals of Therapy for Patients with Bronchiectasis"
Beau Raymond, MD
Binod Dhakal, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, lead CARTITUDE-4 investigator
Dr Sophia Humphreys
Related Content
© 2024 MJH Life Sciences
AJMC®
All rights reserved.