[34] Pisu et al. (2011) USA, 2007 Cross-sectional analysis of RCT data; self-administered questionnaire; participants recruited from regional cancer centre and private oncology offices, Southeastern USA 261 women; aged 28–83; 17% of
JNJ-7706621 sample aged 65–83 Breast cancer Annual household income in US $: ≤20,000/20,001–40,000/40,001–50,000/≥500,001, Employment status: full time/part time/retired/homemaker/unemployed or student/disabled Out of pocket costs (direct medical and non-medical costs) expressed as monthly cost by dividing reported amounts by the number of months since diagnosis Survivors with lower annual family incomes spent a
contrast higher proportion of their income on out of pocket costs: 16.1% where family income ≤$20,000 versus 7.8% for income ≥$50,001. Minority survivors with annual incomes ≤$40,000 spent a greater proportion of income in total out of pocket and direct medical out of pocket costs (31.4% and 27% for survivors with incomes ≤$20,000; 19.5% and 18.8% for survivors with incomes $20,001–400,000), versus their Caucasian counterparts (12.6% and 9.2% for survivors with incomes ≤$20,000; 8.7% and 8.2% for survivors with incomes $20,001–400,000). 32
