Table 3 Opportunities for improved care and resources
From: Financial hardship screening among Native American patients with cancer: a qualitative analysis
Provider Quotes | Patient Quotes |
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• “It’s important to, to be screening all patients. Maybe come up with like uh a normal interval at which you would screen, maybe once every six months while they’re in active treatment…I think it’s important to normalize those kinds of screens…like, ‘this is something we ask of all of our patients because we know it’s something that a lot of our patients deal with.’ I think something that’s nice about a written screen is usually you can make those pretty short and sweet, so it’s just kind of a normal part of paperwork you fill out when you go to the doctor. It can feel a little bit more private…if you’re able to just fill out a couple questions and turn in a piece of paper to your doctor. That’s a little easier than someone asking you, ‘Have you had trouble filling your prescriptions this month?’” • “I think maybe now our nurse navigator does a little bit more screening of new patients coming in. I don't think that necessarily picks up on patients having a change in their finances as they go through this process because they might be stable when they start, but as all these bills come in, I think their situation changes and we don't probably reassess that.” CI4 | • “I mean the initial checking on someone’s financial status while they’re going through the treatments, surgeries, or just regular checkup appointments is definitely something that can be helpful. I’d kind of gotten myself sorted out mostly before now and like I said, thankfully I had family to lean on, but there are some people that don’t and that is definitely something that I would, I would, you know, 100 percent support.” PT7 • “Moderator: What points of your cancer journey would you prefer to talk about your financial challenges? Patient: I would say in the middle. Because you just don’t know what, you know, your appointments are going to be. You don’t know um how long your appointments are going to be…Maybe after you get a better idea of how many and the extensiveness of your treatment.” PT9 |