ArticleJournal of oncology navigation & survivorship2023
Building Organizational Capacity to Deliver Oncology Financial Advocacy.
Article in Journal of oncology navigation & survivorship, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Screened but Still Struggling: Challenges in Delivering Financial Assistance After Positive Financial Toxicity Screens.JCO oncology practice · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Cancer-related financial hardship is linked to poor health outcomes and early mortality. Oncology financial advocacy (OFA) aims to prevent cancer-related financial hardship in oncology settings by assessing patients' needs and connecting them to available financial resources. Despite promising evidence, OFA remains underutilized. Objectives: Describe oncology financial advocates' perceptions about the challenges to and opportunities for implementing oncology financial advocacy (OFA) in community cancer centers. Methods: Nine virtual focus groups were conducted with 45 oncology financial advocates. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using template-based thematic analysis informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR); two study team members coded each transcript and all six team members identified emergent themes. Results: Salient themes were identified across all five domains of the CFIR framework: (1) intervention characteristics: participants described challenges of adapting OFA to meet the needs of the medical system instead of needs of the patients; (2) outer setting: growing awareness of health and cancer disparities could bring more attention to and investment in OFA; (3) inner setting: programs are under-resourced to assist all at-risk patients, staffing, technology integration, and network/communication workflows are needed; (4) characteristics of individuals: advocates believe strongly in the effectiveness and would like to see their credibility enhanced with professional certification; (5) process: implementation strategies that target the engagement of leadership, key stakeholders, and patients to increase program reach are needed. Conclusions: OFA cannot reach all at-risk patients because of understaffing, poor communication between departments, and a lack of understanding OFA as an intervention among colleagues, key stakeholders, and patients. To reach full implementation, advocates need assistance in making the case for more resources, research on patient outcomes, professional certification, and the use of policy to incentivize financial advocacy as a standard of care in medicine.
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