Gastos Não Médicos de Pacientes com Câncer
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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.1988v34n1.3152Keywords:
Patients with Cancer, Non-Medical Expenses, Outpatient TreatmentAbstract
The authors, considering non-medical expenses such as transport, food, accommodation, etc., in cancer patients and their journey to and from São Judas Tadeu Hospital, Barretos, SP, decided to undertake a careful research concerning these particular problems. A questionnaire was issued to 114 patients under-going ambulatory chemotherapy, from January to May,1985. Analysis showed that the relative costs with transport, food and da lost workday, were 80%, 11% and 9%, respectively. The factors that most influenced these results were different distances from home to Hospital, and differ ent forms of transport patients confronted. It is concluded also, that the low salaried patients have approximately the same expenses as those earning high salaries. Considering the sufferings of cancer patients and their families, as well as the high costs this illness entails, these problem sare worthy of more attention from the Government Authorities.
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