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Household Financial Burden and Poverty Impacts of Cancer Treatment in Vietnam.
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BioMed Research International . 8/21/2017, Vol. 2017, p1-8. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Purpose. This paper aims to analyze the household financial burden and poverty impacts of cancer treatment in Vietnam. Methods. Under the “ASEAN CosTs in ONcology” study design, three major specialized cancer hospitals were employed to assemble the Vietnamese data. Factors of socioeconomic, direct, and indirect costs of healthcare were collected prospectively through both individual interviews and hospital financial records. Results. The rates of catastrophic expenditure based on the cut-off points of 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% of household’s income were 82.6%, 73.7%, 64.7%, and 56.9%, respectively. 37.4% of the households with patient were impoverished by the treatment costs for cancer. The statistically significant correlates of the impoverishment problem were higher among older patients (40–60 years: 1.77, 95% CI 1.14–2.73; above 60 years: 1.75, 95% CI 1.03–2.98); poorer patients (less than 100% national income: 29, 95% CI 18.6–45.24; less than 200% national income: 2.89, 95% CI 1.69–4.93); patients who underwent surgery alone (receiving nonsurgery treatment: 2.46, 95% CI 1.32–4.59; receiving multiple treatments: 2.4, 95% CI 1.38–4.17). Conclusions. Lots of households were pushed into poverty due to their expenditure on cancer care; more actions are urgently needed to improve financial protection to the vulnerable groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TUMOR treatment
*AGE distribution
*BUDGET
*CANCER treatment
*CATASTROPHIC illness
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ECONOMICS
*ETHICS
*HEALTH services accessibility
*HEALTH status indicators
*HOUSING
*INCOME
*LONGITUDINAL method
*MEDICAL care costs
*MEDICAL specialties & specialists
*POVERTY
*RESEARCH funding
*HEALTH insurance reimbursement
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*SPECIALTY hospitals
*ACQUISITION of data
*DATA analysis software
TUMOR surgery
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23146133
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124751393
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9350147