Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Cancer Drugs: Workshop Summary

by Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Policy Forum

In recent years, patients' out-of-pocket costs for cancer care have been rising rapidly. These costs include health insurance deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments for covered services, as well as services that are not covered by insurance. Many cancer patients are especially vulnerable financially because their illness and/or treatment impedes their ability to work, with some patients losing employment altogether. Even with insurance, cancer patients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309312701
• ISBN13: 9780309312707
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"