Financial Hardship Among Rural Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Date
11/2019
Journal
Preventive Medicine
Description

This study examined contrasts in financial hardship among 1,419 rural and urban cancer survivors using the 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey supplement the Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment on Finances.

Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
Cassie Odahowski, Whitney Zahnd, Anja Zgodic, Jean Edward, Laquisa Hill, Melinda Davis, Cynthia Perry, Jackilen Shannon, Stephanie Wheeler, Robin Vanderpool, Jan Eberth