Cancer-related costs, the resulting financial impact and coping strategies among cancer survivors living in a setting with a pluralistic health system: A qualitative study

• Main Authors: Fnu, Noorulain, Kuan, Wai-Chee, Kong, Yek-Ching, Bustamam, Ros Suzanna, Wong, Li Ping, Subramaniam, ShriDevi, Ho, Gwo Fuang, Zaharah, Hafizah, Yip, Cheng-Har, Bhoo-Pathy, Nirmala
• Format: Article
• Published: ecancer Global Foundation 2022
• Subjects: Personal finance; RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine; RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/43944/

Background: Evidence on the financial experiences of cancer survivors living in settings with pluralistic health systems remains limited. We explored the out-of-pocket costs, the resulting financial impact and the coping strategies adopted by cancer survivors in Malaysia, a middle-income country wit...