Financial Toxicity After Cancer in a Setting With Universal Health Coverage: A Call for Urgent Action
Author(s) -
Nirmala BhooPathy,
ChiuWan Ng,
Gerard Lim,
Nor Saleha Ibrahim Tamin,
Richard Sullivan,
Nanthini Thevi Bhoo-Pathy,
Matin Mellor Abdullah,
Merel Kimman,
Shridevi Subramaniam,
Marniza Saad,
Nur Aishah Mohd Taib,
KianMeng Chang,
PikPin Goh,
Cheng Har Yip
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1935-469X
pISSN - 1554-7477
DOI - 10.1200/jop.18.00619
Subject(s) - medicine , poverty , incidence (geometry) , public health , health care , finance , family medicine , business , economic growth , nursing , physics , optics , economics
Financial toxicity negatively affects the well-being of cancer survivors. We examined the incidence, cost drivers, and factors associated with financial toxicity after cancer in an upper-middle-income country with universal health coverage.
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