Financial navigators help cancer patients battle cost stress

NCT ID NCT04931251

Summary

This study tested whether having a financial navigator could help cancer patients manage the high costs of treatment and reduce their financial stress. It involved 258 patients from both rural and non-rural clinics in North Carolina who were struggling with treatment expenses. Patients worked with a navigator to find financial assistance programs, and researchers measured if this improved their financial well-being and quality of life.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Carteret Health Care Cancer Center

    Morehead City, North Carolina, 28557, United States

  • NC Basnight Cancer Hospital

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

  • Novant Health

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28207, United States

  • Pardee UNC Health Care, Pardee Cancer Center

    Hendersonville, North Carolina, 28739, United States

  • The Outer Banks Hospital

    Nags Head, North Carolina, 27959, United States

  • UNC Lenoir Cancer Care Services

    Kinston, North Carolina, 28501, United States

  • Vidant Medical Center, Cancer Center

    Greenville, North Carolina, 27834, United States

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

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