TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives, risk factors, and coping mechanisms in patients with self-reported financial burden following lung cancer surgery
AU - Deboever, Nathaniel
AU - Eisenberg, Michael A.
AU - Antonoff, Mara B.
AU - Hofstetter, Wayne L.
AU - Mehran, Reza J.
AU - Rice, David C.
AU - Roth, Jack A.
AU - Sepesi, Boris
AU - Swisher, Stephen G.
AU - Vaporciyan, Ara A.
AU - Walsh, Garrett L.
AU - Rajaram, Ravi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
PY - 2024/2
Y1 - 2024/2
N2 - Objective: We evaluated self-reported financial burden (FB) after lung cancer surgery and sought to assess patient perspectives, risk factors, and coping mechanisms within this population. Methods: Patients with lung cancer resected at our institution between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, were surveyed. Descriptive and multivariable analyses were performed to evaluate the association between clinical and financial characteristics with patient-reported major (“significant” or “catastrophic”) FB. Results: Of 1477 patients contacted, 31.3% (n = 463) completed the survey. Major FB was reported by 62 (13.4%) patients. multivariable analyses demonstrated increasing age (odds ratio [OR], 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88-0.96), credit score >740 (OR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.14-0.60), and employer-based insurance (OR, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.07-0.80) were protective factors. In contrast, an out of pocket cost greater than expected (OR, 3.63; 95% CI, 1.67-7.88), decrease in work hours (OR, 4.42; 95% CI, 1.59-12.25), or cessation of work (OR, 5.13; 95% CI, 2.06-12.78), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis (OR, 5.39, 95% CI, 1.87-15.50), and hospital readmission (OR, 4.87; 95% CI, 1.11-21.42) were risk factors for FB. To pay for care, some patients reported “often” or “always” decreasing food (n = 102 [23.4%]) or leisure spending (n = 179 [40.7%]). Additionally, use of savings (n = 246 [62.9%]), borrowing funds (n = 72 [16.6%]), and skipping clinic visits (n = 36 [8.3%]) at least once were also reported. Coping mechanisms occurred more often in patients with major FB compared with those without (P < .001). Conclusions: Patients with resected lung cancer may experience major FB related to treatment with several identifiable risk factors. Targeted interventions are needed to limit the adoption of detrimental coping mechanisms and potentially affect survivorship.
AB - Objective: We evaluated self-reported financial burden (FB) after lung cancer surgery and sought to assess patient perspectives, risk factors, and coping mechanisms within this population. Methods: Patients with lung cancer resected at our institution between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, were surveyed. Descriptive and multivariable analyses were performed to evaluate the association between clinical and financial characteristics with patient-reported major (“significant” or “catastrophic”) FB. Results: Of 1477 patients contacted, 31.3% (n = 463) completed the survey. Major FB was reported by 62 (13.4%) patients. multivariable analyses demonstrated increasing age (odds ratio [OR], 0.92; 95% CI, 0.88-0.96), credit score >740 (OR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.14-0.60), and employer-based insurance (OR, 0.24; 95% CI, 0.07-0.80) were protective factors. In contrast, an out of pocket cost greater than expected (OR, 3.63; 95% CI, 1.67-7.88), decrease in work hours (OR, 4.42; 95% CI, 1.59-12.25), or cessation of work (OR, 5.13; 95% CI, 2.06-12.78), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis (OR, 5.39, 95% CI, 1.87-15.50), and hospital readmission (OR, 4.87; 95% CI, 1.11-21.42) were risk factors for FB. To pay for care, some patients reported “often” or “always” decreasing food (n = 102 [23.4%]) or leisure spending (n = 179 [40.7%]). Additionally, use of savings (n = 246 [62.9%]), borrowing funds (n = 72 [16.6%]), and skipping clinic visits (n = 36 [8.3%]) at least once were also reported. Coping mechanisms occurred more often in patients with major FB compared with those without (P < .001). Conclusions: Patients with resected lung cancer may experience major FB related to treatment with several identifiable risk factors. Targeted interventions are needed to limit the adoption of detrimental coping mechanisms and potentially affect survivorship.
KW - financial burden
KW - lung cancer
KW - patient-reported outcome
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.05.044
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.05.044
M3 - Article
C2 - 37356476
AN - SCOPUS:85165379118
SN - 0022-5223
VL - 167
SP - 478-487.e2
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 2
ER -