Development of a Psychoeducational Intervention to Address Financial Distress in Cancer Patients

Nandita Khera, MD (Mayo Clinic AZ Cancer Center)

Shelby Langer

Mayo Clinic/AZ-CSHCD

With increasing costs of cancer treatment, financial hardship is a growing challenge for patients, their families, and healthcare providers. Aims are: (1) To understand the stakeholder (non-physician healthcare provider and patient/ caregiver) perspective regarding the need for interventions for financial distress and preferred mode of delivery, and (2) To develop and validate a psycho-educational intervention to address financial distress due to cancer treatment.