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Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Aim: To quantify financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with HNC in Australia and explore their relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to patients with HNC 1–3 years after radiotherapy at a regional hospital in Au...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10217128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37232829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30050371 |
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author | Smith, Justin Yu, Justin Gordon, Louisa G. Chilkuri, Madhavi |
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description | Aim: To quantify financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with HNC in Australia and explore their relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to patients with HNC 1–3 years after radiotherapy at a regional hospital in Australia. The survey included questions on sociodemographics, out-of-pocket expenses, HRQoL, and the Financial Index of Toxicity (FIT) tool. The relationship between high financial toxicity scores (top quartile) and HRQoL was explored. Results: Of the 57 participants included in the study, 41 (72%) reported out-of-pocket expenses at a median of AUD 1796 (IQR AUD 2700) and a maximum of AUD 25,050. The median FIT score was 13.9 (IQR 19.5) and patients with high financial toxicity (n = 14) reported poorer HRQoL (76.5 vs. 114.5, p < 0.001). Patients who were not married had higher FIT scores (23.1 vs. 11.1, p = 0.01), as did those with lower education (19.3 vs. 11.1, p = 0.06). Participants with private health insurance had lower financial toxicity scores (8.3 vs. 17.6, p = 0.01). Medications (41%, median AUD 400), dietary supplements (41%, median AUD 600), travel (36%, median AUD 525), and dental (29%, AUD 388) were the most common out-of-pocket expenses. Participants living in rural locations (≥100 km from the hospital) had higher out-of-pocket expenses (AUD 2655 vs. AUD 730, p = 0.01). Conclusion: Financial toxicity is associated with poorer HRQoL for many patients with HNC following treatment. Further research is needed to investigate interventions aimed at reducing financial toxicity and how these can best be incorporated into routine clinical care. |
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spelling | pubmed-102171282023-05-27 Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Smith, Justin Yu, Justin Gordon, Louisa G. Chilkuri, Madhavi Curr Oncol Article Aim: To quantify financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with HNC in Australia and explore their relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to patients with HNC 1–3 years after radiotherapy at a regional hospital in Australia. The survey included questions on sociodemographics, out-of-pocket expenses, HRQoL, and the Financial Index of Toxicity (FIT) tool. The relationship between high financial toxicity scores (top quartile) and HRQoL was explored. Results: Of the 57 participants included in the study, 41 (72%) reported out-of-pocket expenses at a median of AUD 1796 (IQR AUD 2700) and a maximum of AUD 25,050. The median FIT score was 13.9 (IQR 19.5) and patients with high financial toxicity (n = 14) reported poorer HRQoL (76.5 vs. 114.5, p < 0.001). Patients who were not married had higher FIT scores (23.1 vs. 11.1, p = 0.01), as did those with lower education (19.3 vs. 11.1, p = 0.06). Participants with private health insurance had lower financial toxicity scores (8.3 vs. 17.6, p = 0.01). Medications (41%, median AUD 400), dietary supplements (41%, median AUD 600), travel (36%, median AUD 525), and dental (29%, AUD 388) were the most common out-of-pocket expenses. Participants living in rural locations (≥100 km from the hospital) had higher out-of-pocket expenses (AUD 2655 vs. AUD 730, p = 0.01). Conclusion: Financial toxicity is associated with poorer HRQoL for many patients with HNC following treatment. Further research is needed to investigate interventions aimed at reducing financial toxicity and how these can best be incorporated into routine clinical care. MDPI 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10217128/ /pubmed/37232829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30050371 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Smith, Justin Yu, Justin Gordon, Louisa G. Chilkuri, Madhavi Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title | Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title_full | Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title_fullStr | Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title_short | Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
title_sort | financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with head and neck cancer |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10217128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37232829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30050371 |
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