For Working-Age Cancer Survivors, Medical Debt And Bankruptcy Create Financial Hardships

The rising medical costs associated with cancer have led to considerable financial hardship for patients and their families in the United States. Using data from the LIVESTRONG 2012 survey of 4,719 cancer survivors ages 18–64, we examined the proportions of survivors who reported going into debt or...

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Published in:Health Aff (Millwood)
Main Authors: Banegas, Matthew P., Guy, Gery P., de Moor, Janet S., Ekwueme, Donatus U., Virgo, Katherine S., Kent, Erin E., Nutt, Stephanie, Zheng, Zhiyuan, Rechis, Ruth, Yabroff, K. Robin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057727/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26733701
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0830
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