Out-of-pocket payments for complementary medicine following cancer and the effect on financial outcomes in middle-income countries in southeast asia: A prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Kong, Yek-Ching, Kimman, Merel, Subramaniam, ShriDevi, Yip, Cheng-Har, Jan, Stephen, Aung, Soe, Khoa, Mai Trong, Ngelangel, Corazon A., Nyein, Htun Lwin, Sangrajrang, Suleeporn, Tanabodee, Jitraporn, Bhoo-Pathy, Nirmala
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/32763/

Background Complementary medicine, which refers to therapies that are not part of conventional medicine, comprising both evidence-based and non-evidence-based interventions, is increasingly used following a diagnosis of cancer. We aimed to investigate out-of-pocket spending patterns on complementary...