Intensive care medicine

Financial system

Psychiatry

Business

Toxicity

Internal medicine

Financial distress

Coping (psychology)

Distress

Medicine

Clinical psychology

Finance

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Financial toxicity is the adverse impact of a cancer diagnosis on a patient's financial well-being resulting from direct or indirect costs. Potential consequences of financial toxicity include material loss, psychological distress, and/or maladaptive coping strategies. This review will summarize the prevalence, causes, and consequences of financial toxicity, with an emphasis on strategies to anticipate and reduce its burden. Improvement will require multilevel, coordinated efforts between stakeholders including patients, providers, health systems, payers, manufacturers, and policymakers.

Financial toxicity in cancer care: Prevalence, causes, consequences, and reduction strategies