Financial burden faced by families due to out-of-pocket expenses during the treatment of their cancer children: An Indian perspective
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The financial toxicity of cancer treatment: a pilot study assessing out-of-pocket expenses and the insured cancer patient's experience.
PURPOSE Cancer patients carry rising burdens of health care-related out-of-pocket expenses, and a growing number of patients are considered "underinsured." Our objective was to describe experiences of insured cancer patients requesting copayment assistance and to describe the impact of health care expenses on well-being and treatment. METHODS We conducted baseline and follow-up surveys regard...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0971-5851
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.203493