Financial Toxicity among Patients with Bladder Cancer: Reasons for Delay in Care and Effect on Quality of Life
| Autor: | Raj S. Pruthi, Matthew E. Nielsen, Pauline Filippou, Seul Ki Choi, Allison M. Deal, Hung-Jui Tan, Eric Wallen, Michael Woods, Benjamin McCormick, Marianne Casilla-Lennon, Angela M Smith, Gopal Narang, Jeannette T. Bensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Finance
Bladder cancer business.industry Urology Cancer Health related medicine.disease Medical care 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Toxicity Cohort symbols medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Fisher's exact test |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Urology. 199:1166-1173 |
| ISSN: | 1527-3792 0022-5347 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Costly surveillance and treatment of bladder cancer can lead to financial toxicity, a treatment related financial burden. Our objective was to define the prevalence of financial toxicity among patients with bladder cancer and identify delays in care and its effect on health related quality of life.Materials and Methods: We identified patients with bladder cancer in the University of North Carolina Health Registry/Cancer Survivorship Cohort. Financial toxicity was defined as agreement with having “to pay more for medical care than you can afford.” Health related quality of life was measured using general and cancer specific validated questionnaires. Statistical analyses were performed using the Fisher exact test and the Student t-test.Results: A total of 138 patients with bladder cancer were evaluated. Median age was 66.9 years, 75% of the patients were male and 89% were white. Of the participants 33 (24%) endorsed financial toxicity. Participants who were younger (p = 0.02), black (p = 0.01), rep... |
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