Financial Toxicity Considerations in Breast Reconstruction: Recommendations for Research and Practice

The costs of care are often central to patients ’ health care decisions (Donelan et al., 1999; Meropol et al., 2009; Politi et al., 2023). As she weighed the decision about whether to undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, a participant in one of our studies remarked:You know, it took about three-and-a-half years to pay off my surge ries for the mastectomy…do I want to go forward with breast reconstruction because of the financial piece of it? It’s a big part of it. (Participant 158) (Boateng et al., 2021)

Source: Womens Health Issues - February 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hannah Kinzer, Clara N. Lee, Krista Cooksey, Terence Myckatyn, Margaret A. Olsen, Randi Foraker, Anna Rose Johnson, Mary C. Politi Tags: Commentary Source Type: research