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The Personal Financial Burden of Complications After Colorectal Cancer Surgery CANCER Regenbogen, S. E., Veenstra, C. M., Hawley, S. T., Banerjee, M., Ward, K. C., Kato, I., Morris, A. M. 2014; 120 (19): 3074-3081

Abstract

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) may suffer significant economic hardship during treatment. Complications are common after surgery for CRC and may exacerbate the financial burden of CRC even further.Within a population-based survey of patients with stage III CRC, the authors investigated the effects of disease and treatment on personal finances and computed a composite measure of financial burden. Correlations were examined between components of financial burden and patient-reported postoperative complications using chi-square analyses, and Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tend tests were used to evaluate correlations between composite financial burden scores and surgical complications, controlling for patient characteristics and other factors by using multivariable Poisson regression.Among 937 respondents, 224 (24%) reported complications after surgery. Those with complications had significantly higher composite financial burden (P

View details for DOI 10.1002/cncr.28812

View details for Web of Science ID 000342630000021

View details for PubMedID 24889014