Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

BackgroundThe rising economic burden of cancer on patients is an important determinant of access to treatment initiation and adherence in India. Several publicly financed health insurance (PFHI) schemes have been launched in India, with treatment for cancer as an explicit inclusion in the health ben...

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Main Authors: Shankar Prinja, Jyoti Dixit, Nidhi Gupta, Anushikha Dhankhar, Amal Chandra Kataki, Partha Sarathi Roy, Nikita Mehra, Lalit Kumar, Ashish Singh, Pankaj Malhotra, Aarti Goyal, Kavitha Rajsekar, Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy, Sudeep Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
financial toxicity
catastrophic health expenditure
impoverishment
direct out of pocket expenditure
indirect cost due to loss of productivity
cancer
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1065737/full

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