OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURE IN TREATMENT OF CANCER IN REGIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039329
- Lead Sponsor
- PGIMER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Histologically proven case of any malignancy of any age.
2. Candidate for radical cancer-directed, multimodality treatment, with or without health
insurance.
3. Willing to share details of expenses incurred for treatment.
4. Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Details of expenses already incurred but not available.
2. Candidates for palliative treatment
3. Unlikely to come for follow up after treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the out-of-pocket expenditure and financial risk protection in selected cancer patients <br/ ><br>undergoing multimodality treatment.Timepoint: 1. Calculate direct and indirect cost of cancer treatment. <br/ ><br>2. Estimate the out-of-pocket expenses as percentage of family income to calculate <br/ ><br>â??Catastrophic Health Expenditureâ??. <br/ ><br>3. Identify Distress Financing by analysing how the treatment costs were borne by the family <br/ ><br>at the time of registration , at the time of end of treatment and follow-up for 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Calculate direct and indirect cost of cancer treatment. <br/ ><br>2. Estimate the out-of-pocket expenses as percentage of family income to calculate <br/ ><br>â??Catastrophic Health Expenditureâ??. <br/ ><br>3. Identify Distress Financing by analysing how the treatment costs were borne by the family <br/ ><br>at the end of treatment.Timepoint: 1. Calculate direct and indirect cost of cancer treatment. <br/ ><br>2. Estimate the out-of-pocket expenses as percentage of family income to calculate <br/ ><br>â??Catastrophic Health Expenditureâ??. <br/ ><br>3. Identify Distress Financing by analysing how the treatment costs were borne by the family <br/ ><br>at the time of follow up for first three months