Financial hardship among cancer survivors in Southern New Jersey

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 w...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2021-11, Vol.29 (11), p.6613-6623
Main Authors: Grafova, Irina B., Manne, Sharon L., Bandera, Elisa V., Saraiya, Biren, Llanos, Adana A. M., Devine, Katie A., Hudson, Shawna V., Paddock, Lisa E., Tsui, Jennifer, Elliott, Jennifer, Stroup, Antoinette M., Duberstein, Paul R.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Cancer
Cancer survivors
Comparative analysis
Gender differences
Health care expenditures
Health insurance
Health services utilization
Households
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Personal finance
Personal income
Poverty
Race
Rehabilitation Medicine
Retirees
Surveys
Survivor
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Summary: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  
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-021-06232-7