title: Socioeconomic disparities, financial toxicity, and opportunities for enhanced system efficiencies for patients with cancer.
abstract: Cancer care continues to stress the US healthcare system with increases in life expectancy, cancer prevalence, and survivors' complex needs. These challenges are compounded by socioeconomic, racial, and cultural disparities that are associated with poor clinical outcomes. One innovative and resource-wise strategy to address this demand on the system is expanded use of telehealth. This paradigm has the potential to decrease healthcare and patient out-of-pocket costs and improve patient adherence to recommended treatment and/or surveillance.
authors.affiliation: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.|Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: Durham Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.|Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Corrine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Voils
authors.affiliation: Durham Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.|Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Caprice C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.|Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Nasia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safdar
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000191:economics; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D012923:Social Class; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States
keywords: cancer; financial toxicity; geographic disparity; socioeconomic disparities; telehealth