March 2, 2022Open Access

The economic impact of cancer diagnosis to individuals and their families: a systematic review

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Abstract

A high percentage of cancer patients and their families/caregivers experience out-of-pocket expenditure, loss of income and lost productivity. Future research is needed to observe the effects of continuing changes to healthcare policies and social protections on the economic burden among cancer patients and their families/caregivers.

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Alzehr et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da2428a6045d71bfa3c283 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-06913-x

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