Cost Pressures Force 1 in 8 Blood Cancer Patients to Delay or Cancel Treatment: Report
Australians living with blood cancer spend an average of $3,910 a year on out-of-pocket expenses, with some paying more than $20,000.
TL;DR
- Australians with blood cancer spend an average of $3,910 per year on out-of-pocket expenses.
- Some patients report paying more than $20,000 annually.
- Medications are the most common expense (81%), followed by travel to treatment (71%), parking (51%), and lost income (46%).
- Blood cancer could become Australia's most common and deadly cancer in the next decade.
- Currently, 16 Australians die from blood cancer daily.
- One in 12 Australians will be diagnosed with blood cancer in their lifetime.