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Financial hardship for patients with cancer and caregivers at end of life in the USA: narrative review.

Marisa Martinez SalazarNandita KheraFumiko ChinoEmily E Johnston
Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2024)
There is limited literature examining financial hardship at EOL in the USA, especially in paediatrics. Priorities for future research include longitudinal studies in diverse populations of patients with cancer and informal caregivers using standardised financial hardship measures. Policies to address financial hardship at EOL, especially with hospice care, should include insurance coverage for family caregiving and medical leave policies. There is need for increased financial hardship screening at EOL and in bereavement and a need for financial navigation interventions.
Keyphrases
  • affordable care act
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