Shared burden: the association between cancer diagnosis, financial toxicity, and healthcare cost-related coping mechanisms by family members of non-elderly patients in the USA.
Bahaa KazziFumiko ChinoBrigitte KazziBhav JainSibo TianJoseph A PaguioJ Seth YaoVinayak MuralidharBrandon A MahalPaul L NguyenNina N SanfordEdward Christopher DeePublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
A cancer diagnosis may be associated with familial healthcare cost-related coping mechanisms, one of the manifestations of financial toxicity. This is seen through delayed/omitted medical care of family members of people with a history of cancer, an association that may be stronger among young adult cancer survivors. These findings underscore the need to further explore how financial toxicity associated with a cancer diagnosis can affect patients' family members and to design interventions to mitigate healthcare cost-related coping mechanisms.