Patients who have financial hardships have a significantly higher likelihood of experiencing moderate or severe cancer-related pain than those who do not.
A retrospective analysis also showed patients with financial hardship have higher rates of opioid use, despite their fiscal condition.
“Financial hardship is clinically impactful,” Courtney P. Williams, DrPH, assistant professor in the division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine and associate scientist at O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, told