News tagged with financial hardship


Patients go undercover to record encounters with doctors

Patients' health outcomes improve when physicians individualize care and take their patients' life circumstances into account, according to a new study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the U.S. Department of Veterans ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study reveals the true cost of kinship care

A major study published today [15 April] by the University of Bristol and leading children's grant-giving charity, Buttle UK provides the most comprehensive picture to date of informal kinship care—children ...

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Affordable care alone may not be enough to help Latinos overcome cancer care barriers

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers ...

Cancer created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Divorce costs thousands of women health insurance coverage

(Medical Xpress)—About 115,000 women lose their private health insurance every year in the wake of divorce, according to a University of Michigan study.

Health created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Financial hardship common among colon cancer patients

(HealthDay) -- Nearly 40 percent of patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer experience financial hardship, even if they have health insurance coverage, according to research published ...

Cancer created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One in four UK children facing multiple risks to development, study finds

(Medical Xpress) -- More than one in four UK infants is growing up in families facing multiple challenges such as parental depression and financial hardship that can have a damaging effect on children’s development, ...

Health created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

BMC pediatricians find increase in SNAP benefits associated with healthier children

Pediatric researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Children's HealthWatch investigators in Boston, Minneapolis, Little Rock, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, have found that higher benefit amounts in ...

Health created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical students have substantial exposure to pharmaceutical industry marketing

Medical students in the United States are frequently exposed to pharmaceutical marketing, even in their preclinical years, and the extent of their contact with industry is associated with positive attitudes about marketing ...

Other created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0