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Marked variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for cancer care in Western Australia
Author(s) -
SlavovaAzmanova Neli S,
Newton Jade C,
Saunders Christobel M
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50590
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , metropolitan area , health care , breast cancer , cancer registry , confidence interval , demography , cancer , gerontology , economic growth , pathology , sociology , economics
Outofpocket expenses for cancer care are of growing concern for patients, clinicians, service providers, nongovernmental organisations, private insurers, and politicians. Contrary to popular belief, there is no direct link between the cost and quality of care. Outofpocket expenses are a particular problem for patients who live further from treatment centres, are younger, or have later stage disease.1