How cancer programs identify and address the financial burdens of rural cancer patients.

Victoria PetermannWhitney E ZahndRobin C VanderpoolJan M EberthCatherine RohwederRandall TealMaihan VuLindsay StradtmanElizabeth FrostErika TraplSarah Koopman GonzalezThuy VuLinda K KoAllison ColePaige E FarrisJackilen ShannonJessica LeeNatoshia AskelsonLaura SeegmillerArica WhiteJean EdwardMelinda DavisStephanie B Wheeler

Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2021)

Improved financial navigation services could mitigate the effects of financial toxicity experienced by cancer patients, particularly rural patients, throughout treatment and survivorship. Future research is needed to improve how cancer programs assess financial hardship in patients and to expand financial navigation services to better serve rural cancer patients.

Keyphrases

childhood cancer
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
primary care
affordable care act
mental health
prognostic factors
public health
papillary thyroid
young adults
oxidative stress
current status
squamous cell
patient reported
lymph node metastasis