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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Jul 23;124(18):3668–3676. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31532

Table 1:

Self-reported physician practices, knowledge, and attitudes regarding financial toxicity

Surgeon* Medical oncologist* Radiation oncologist*
Frequency of discussing financial burden of cancer treatments with patients
 Never 63 (18.2%) 10 (3.5%) 5 (2.8%)
 Rarely 133 (36.9%) 40 (13.5%) 36 (23.0%)
 Sometimes 110 (29.2%) 94 (32.2%) 49 (30.0%)
 Often 54 (13.8%) 113 (40.3%) 48 (31.0%)
 Always 7 (1.8%) 33 (10.6%) 23 (13.2%)
Awareness of out-of-pocket costs of tests and treaments they recommend
 Not at all 41 (10.5%) 9 (3.1%) 7 (3.6%)
 A little 100 (26.5%) 50 (17.3%) 39 (23.3%)
 Somewhat 123 (35.7%) 111 (39.6%) 62 (38.8%)
 Quite 76 (19.0%) 89 (30.1%) 39 (26.1%)
 Very 26 (8.3%) 28 (9.9%) 15 (8.2%)
Importance of saving patients money
 Not at all 45 (13.3%) 3 (1.0%) 6 (3.5%)
 A little 68 (20.3%) 35 (11.8%) 15 (8.4%)
 Somewhat 115 (31.1%) 86 (30.2%) 53 (32.3%)
 Quite 121 (31.6%) 120 (41.3%) 63 (40.0%)
 Extremely 15 (3.7%) 45 (15.7%) 24 (15.8%)
*

Unweighted n and weighted percentage