Current Approaches for Addressing Medical Financial Hardship in the Context of Cancer Care Delivery

Background

A growing number of cancer patients experience financial hardship as a direct result of their cancer treatment. This presentation reviews current approaches for addressing medical financial hardship during cancer treatment and survivorship care and outline priority areas for future team science research.

For background on team member engagement in managing financial navigation processes within diverse practice types, please see the following two articles:

• Medical Financial Hardship Intensity and Financial Sacrifice Associated with Cancer in the United States
• For Working-Age Cancer Survivors, Medical Debt And Bankruptcy Create Financial Hardships

Presenter

Janet S. de Moor, PhD, MPH
Deputy Associate Director, Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute

This webinar will be archived on the HDRP Events webpage.