Fumiko Ladd Chino, Radiation Oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a post on X:
“Financial toxicity interventions from patient to provider to policy. Ultimately, sustainable solutions must occur at the societal level, where structural reforms in financing, transparency, and consumer protection can promote greater equity and safeguard pt financial well being.
This uses the Social–Ecological Model to conceptualize financial toxicity across multiple levels of influence, shifting focus from individual behaviors to the broader interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal systems that shape financial risk.”
Title: Understanding financial toxicity in cancer care through a social–ecological lens
Authors: Budhu Joshua, Thom Bridgetteb, Chino Fumikoc
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