title: Assessment of Financial Burden as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology.
abstract: Family financial hardship has emerged as a burden of pediatric cancer treatment with negative implications for family well-being. As part of an extensive project to create evidence-based standards for the psychosocial care of children with cancer, we performed a literature review of pediatric cancer-associated financial hardship utilizing six databases, and identified 24 publications for incorporation into this review. Financial hardship during childhood cancer was found to affect a significant proportion of the population and to negatively impact family well-being. Existing literature supports a strong recommendation for assessment of financial hardship as a component of comprehensive psychosocial care in pediatric oncology.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Transplant Program, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.|Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, Massachusetts.|Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.|Center for Outcomes and Population Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Kira
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bona
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011584:Psychology / Q000592:standards*; D059039:Standard of Care
keywords: pediatric oncology; psychosocial; quality of life; support care