Thursday, May 27, 2021

Even among the insured, cost may delay follow up care for cancer survivors


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/mcog-eat052521.php

 

News Release 26-May-2021
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

 

Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual incomes above the national average, up to 10% delayed care in the previous 12 months because they simply could not afford out of pocket expenses like copays and deductibles, investigators report.

Being unable to get time off from work and being "nervous" about seeing a health care provider, were among the other frequently cited reasons for not always getting timely survivorship care, investigators at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Cancer Center report in the journal Cancer Medicine.


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