Year: 2010
Type: report
Abstract: The costs to the health services of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer are substantial. \nThese costs have increased over the past decades and are expected to rise further in \ncoming years with population ageing and advances in treatment. However, the economic \nburden of cancer does not fall only on the health services, but also on patients, their \nfamilies, and society as a whole. Until recently, little has been known about the costs \nincurred by cancer patients and their families. \nThis project set out to answer the following questions: \n• What are the main elements of additional cost (medical and non-medical) incurred by \ncancer patients and their families? \n• How much additional expense do patients incur as a result of their diagnosis with \ncancer? \n• What impact does cancer have on income (e.g. lost pay, availability of sick pay, access \nto benefits)? \n• What proportion of patients (a) incur additional costs or (b) experience financial \ndifficulties as a result of their cancer diagnosis? \n• Are particular groups of patients more vulnerable to incurring additional costs or \nfinancial difficulties as a result of having cancer? \n• What are the consequences of the additional expenses, and any changes in income, for \npatients and their families?
Authors: Linda Sharp, Aileen Timmons
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1785989038