Multifactorial Study on the Impact of Educational Level, Employment Status, and the Need for Extraordinary Care on the Economic Impact of Cancer Patients.
Alberto García MartínEduardo José Fernández RodríguezCelia Sánchez GómezM Isabel Rihuete GalvePublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Oncology patients with more education spend more on home help and/or accompanying the patient and transfers to the hospital for treatment. Higher incomes are not synonymous with higher expenditure in the sample. The patient's main caregivers are a fundamental pillar of the patient's household income and additional spending on orthopaedic material.