Financial Toxicity among Patients with Bladder Cancer: Reasons for Delay in Care and Effect on Quality of Life
Casilla-Lennon MM, Choi SK, Deal AM, Bensen JT, Narang G, Filippou P, McCormick B, Pruthi R, Wallen E, Tan HJ, Woods M, Nielsen M, Smith A. Financial Toxicity among Patients with Bladder Cancer: Reasons for Delay in Care and Effect on Quality of Life. Journal Of Urology 2017, 199: 1166-1173. PMID: 29155338, PMCID: PMC5947876, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2017.10.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeHealth Related QualityBladder cancerFinancial toxicityRelated qualitySpecific health related qualityCancer Survivorship CohortFisher's exact testStudent's t-testYounger patientsMedian ageMultivariable analysisSurvivorship cohortNoninvasive diseaseGeneral healthPatientsExact testMedical careCancerPoor healthMental healthCareTreatment costsSignificant predictorsFinancial burden