Effects of cancer treatment on household impoverishment: a multicentre cross-sectional study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the incidence and intensity of household impoverishment induced by cancer treatment in China.

Design

Average income and daily consumption per capita of the households and out-of-pocket payments for cancer care were estimated. Household impoverishment was determined by comparing per capita daily consumption against the Chinese poverty line (CPL, US$1.2) and the World Bank poverty line (WBPL, US$1.9) for 2015. Both pre-treatment and post-treatment consumptions were calculated assuming that the households would divert daily consumption money to pay for cancer treatment.

Participants

Cancer patients diagnosed initially from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016 who had received cancer treatment subsequently. Those with multiple cancer diagnoses were e

SUBMITTER: Fu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246348 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature