Stacy-Ann A January, David A Klingbeil
Universal screening in grades K-2: A systematic review and meta-analysis of early reading curriculum-based measures
Journal of school psychology
study aimed examine provincial differences patient spending cancer care reductions household spending including decisions forego care canada ninehundred one patients cancer twenty cancer centers across canada completed selfadministered questionnaire psafe version 724 344 breast 183 colorectal 158 lung 216 prostate measuring direct indirect costs spending changes provincial variations showed high mean outofpocket cost oopc cad 938 alberta low cad 280 manitoba differences influenced age income income loss highest alberta cad 2399 lowest manitoba cad 1126 travel costs highest alberta cad 294 lowest british columbia cad 67 parking costs highest ontario cad 103 lowest manitoba cad 53 total 41 patients reported reducing spending increased 52 families earning cad 50000 per year highest national rates decisions forego care relation vitaminssupplements selection made 213 indicated spending reductions reductions complementary alternative medicine cam made 163 drugs 128 cost categories higher proportions individuals decided forego care family income cad 50000 per year patients 65 years age levels financial burden patients cancer canada vary provincially including oopc travel parking costs lost income decisions forego cancer care highest relation vitaminssupplements cam drugs provincial differences suggest regional health policies demographics may impact patients overall financial burden