Cross-sectional study to develop and describe psychometric characteristics of a patient-reported instrument (PROFFIT) for measuring financial toxicity of cancer within a public healthcare system

Cross-sectional study to develop and describe psychometric characteristics of a patient-reported instrument (PROFFIT) for measuring financial toxicity of cancer within a public healthcare system

Objectives To measure and explain financial toxicity (FT) of cancer in Italy, where a public healthcare system exists and patients with cancer are not expected (or only marginally) to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare.Setting Ten clinical oncological centres, distributed across Italian macroregions (...

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Main Authors: Diana Giannarelli, Lucia Del Mastro, Fabio Efficace, Vincenzo Montesarchio, Roberto Bordonaro, Silvia Riva, Jane Bryce, Francesco De Lorenzo, Laura Del Campo, Massimo Di Maio, Luciano Frontini, Lara Gitto, Elisabetta Iannelli, Claudio Jommi, Francesca Traclò, Concetta Maria Vaccaro, Ciro Gallo, Francesco Perrone, Camillo Porta, Vittorina Zagonel, Laura Arenare, Saverio Cinieri, Maria Carmela Piccirillo, Anna Gimigliano, Lorenzo Guizzaro, Daniela Barberio, Alessio Aligi Cogoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/10/e049128.full

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