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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

Communication of costs and financial burdens between cancer patients and healthcare providers: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Yi Kuang, Tingting Zhang, Yan Ma, Zheng Zhu, Winnie K W So, Weijie Xing

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yi KuangSchool of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Tingting ZhangSchool of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yan MaSchool of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zheng ZhuSchool of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Winnie K W SoThe Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Weijie XingSchool of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. xingweijie@fudan.edu.cn.

Funding

China Medical Board Open Competition Program 20-371Natural Science Foundation of China project 72004034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe aim of this study was to synthesize qualitative research regarding communication of costs and financial burdens between patients and healthcare providers to provide evidence for the subsequent development of intervention programs.

methodsStudies published prior to 11 February 2023 were collected from electronic databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, MEDLINE (Ovid), Web of Science, EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), and ProQuest. A checklist for qualitative research drawn from the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual was applied to assess the quality of the included studies. Meta-aggregation was performed to synthesize the findings of the included studies.

resultsFour synthesized findings were derived from 15 studies: cost communication offered more benefits than drawbacks, and most patients were willing to engage in cost communication; cost communication has been implemented in clinical practice but continued to face shortcomings and barriers; an expected cost communication should take into account timing, location, personnel, personality, and content; healthcare providers required education, information, tools, standardized processes, and policy and organizational support to increase their ability to deliver cost communication.

conclusionsCost communication can help optimize decision-making and reduce the risk of financial difficulties, as has been widely recognized by patients and healthcare providers. However, a complete clinical practice plan to facilitate cost communication has not yet been created.

Indexed as

Financial StressNeoplasmsBehavior TherapyChecklistCommunicationHealth PersonnelHumansCancerCost communicationFinancial burdensFinancial toxicityMeta-synthesisSystematic review

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PMID36847898

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