ArticleBMC health services research2016
Burden of socio-legal concerns among vulnerable patients seeking cancer care services at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Housing and Cancer Care and Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2022Pooled it
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- Patient navigation to address sociolegal barriers for patients with cancer: A comparative-effectiveness study.Cancer · 2022Trial
- Medical-Legal Partnerships as Structural Interventions: Integrating Implementation Science and Community-Engaged Research to Advance HIV Care.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of virtual oncology financial and legal navigation on cancer-related financial toxicity.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2026Article
- The association of contemporary mortgage lending bias and receipt of guideline-concordant systemic treatment among older women with breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- Evaluating potential determinants of health system implementation of a virtual oncology financial and legal navigation intervention to address cancer-related financial toxicity.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Burden and trajectory of social needs after breast cancer diagnosis at a safety-net hospital.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Article
- Financial-legal navigation reduces financial toxicity of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancers.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Article
- How legal problems are conceptualized and measured in healthcare settings: a systematic review.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Perceived Appropriateness of Assessing for Health-related Socioeconomic Risks Among Adult Patients with Cancer.Cancer research communications · 2023Article
- Association of social service counseling in breast cancer patients with financial problems, role functioning and employment-results from the prospective multicenter BRENDA II study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- "Like pouring salt in a wound": A qualitative exploration of the consequences of unmet housing needs for cancer patients and survivors in New York City.Journal of psychosocial oncology · 2023Article
- Medical-Legal Partnerships Facilitate Patient-Provider Cost of Care Conversations: A Multisite Qualitative Study in the U.S.Clinical nursing research · 2022Article
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- A care coordinator screening strategy to address health harming legal needs.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- "You Have to Keep a Roof Over Your Head": A Qualitative Study of Housing Needs Among Patients With Cancer in New York City.Journal of oncology practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSocial and economic conditions that affect one's ability to satisfy life's most basic needs such as lack of affordable housing, restricted access to education and employment, or inadequate income are increasingly well-documented barriers to optimal health. The burden of these challenges among vulnerable patients accessing cancer care services is unknown.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients presenting for ambulatory cancer care services (screening and treatment) at an urban safety-net hospital to assess socio-legal concerns (social problems related to meeting life's basic needs supported by public policy or programming and potentially remedied through legal advocacy/action).
resultsAmong 104 respondents, 80 (77 %) reported concerns with one or more socio-legal needs in the past month, with a mean of 5.75 concerns per participant. The most common socio-legal concerns related to income supports, housing, and employment/education.
conclusionOur findings support the need for innovations in cancer care delivery to address socio-legal concerns of a vulnerable patient population.
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