Financial distress in cancer care

(The JAMA Network Journals) More than one-third of insured cancer patients receiving treatment faced out-of-pocket costs that were greater than they expected and those patients with the most financial distress were underinsured, paying almost one-third of their income in health care-related costs, a research letter published by JAMA Oncology reports.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news