If You Have to Ask, You Can’t Afford It: Addressing Financial Toxicity Among NC Cancer Patients

Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPH

Professor, Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Donald Rosenstein, MD

Professor
Division Head, General Adult Psychiatry
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Support Program
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lecture Description

Drs. Stephanie Wheeler and Don Rosenstein will discuss current concepts related to “financial toxicity” and how this applies to cancer care delivery in North Carolina. Current research including interventions in development to mitigate financial toxicity will also be reviewed.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify several examples of escalating costs of cancer care in the United States
• Differentiate three main components of financial toxicity
• Describe several consequences of financial toxicity
• Explain process mapping and its value in a financial navigation intervention