Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

• Main Authors: Shankar Prinja (Author), Jyoti Dixit (Author), Nidhi Gupta (Author), Anushikha Dhankhar (Author), Amal Chandra Kataki (Author), Partha Sarathi Roy (Author), Nikita Mehra (Author), Lalit Kumar (Author), Ashish Singh (Author), Pankaj Malhotra (Author), Aarti Goyal (Author), Kavitha Rajsekar (Author), Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy (Author), Sudeep Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe rising economic burden of cancer on patients is an important determinant of access to treatment initiation and adherence in India. Several publicly financed health insurance (PFHI) schemes have been launched in India, with treatment for cancer as an explicit inclusion in the health ben...