Medical financial hardship among cancer survivors in the United States.
Cancer
; 125(10): 1737-1747, 2019 05 15.
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| ID: mdl-30663039
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The current study examined medical financial hardship in cancer survivors and those without a cancer history in the United States.METHODS:
The 2013 to 2016 National Health Interview Survey was used to identify cancer survivors (stratified by ages 18-49 years [1424 survivors], ages 50-64 years [2916 survivors], and ages ≥65 years [6014 survivors]) and individuals without a cancer history (ages 18-64 years [66,951 individuals], ages 50-64 years [31,741 individuals], and ages ≥65 years [25,744 individuals]). Medical financial hardship was categorized into 3 domains 1) material (eg, problems paying medical bills); 2) psychological (eg, worrying about paying medical bills); and 3) behavioral (eg, delaying/forgoing care due to cost). Generalized ordinal logistic regressions were used to examine the associations between cancer history, hardship, and health insurance deductibles/health savings accounts (among privately insured cancer survivors aged 18-64 years only).RESULTS:
Compared with those without a cancer history, cancer survivors were more likely to report any material (ages 18-49 years 43.4% vs 30.1%; ages 50-64 years 32.8% vs 27.8%; and ages ≥65 years 17.3% vs 14.7%), psychological (ages 18-49 years 53.5% vs 47.1%), and behavioral (ages 18-49 years 30.6% vs 21.8%; and ages 50-64 years 27.2% vs 23.4%) measure of financial hardship, and multiple domains of hardship (age groups 18-49 years and 50-64 years; all P < .01). Among privately insured survivors, having a high-deductible health plan without a health savings account was found to be associated with greater hardship compared with having low-deductible insurance.CONCLUSIONS:
Younger cancer survivors are particularly vulnerable to material, psychological, and behavioral medical financial hardship. Interventions designed to reduce financial hardship should consider multiple domains of hardship as well as insurance benefit design.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde
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Gastos em Saúde
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Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença
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Sobreviventes de Câncer
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Seguro Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article