Table 3.
The prevalence of financial toxicity (n = 16).
| Study | Material conditions |
Psychological response |
Coping behaviors |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Prevalence | Measure | Prevalence | Measure | Prevalence | |
| Chen, J. E., 201848 | CHEa | 73% | Single question | 84% | – | – |
| Mao, W., 201743 | CHEb | 9% (Shanghai), 30% (Beijing), 65% (Fuzhou), and 68% (Chongqing) | – | – | – | – |
| Zheng, A., 201845 | CHEb | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Xu, R. H., 202056 | CHEa | 58% | Single question | 61% | – | – |
| Sun, C.Y., 202159 | CHEc | 66% | – | – | – | – |
| Sun, C.Y., 202158 | CHEc | 78% | – | – | – | – |
| Fu, W., 202157 | Household impoverishmentd | 6% (based on CPL), 13% (based on WBPL) | – | – | – | – |
| Yao, N., 201942 | Borrow money | 47% | – | – | – | – |
| Su, M., 202052 | Borrow money | 50% | – | – | Reduce or quit treatment | 10% |
| Jing, J., 202050 | Borrow money | 58% | Single question | 72% | Decrease nonmedical expense | 79% |
| Reduce or quit treatment | 34% | |||||
| Zeng, Q., 201130 | – | – | – | – | Reduce or quit treatment | 28% |
| Huang, H. Y., 201754 | – | – | Single question | 75% | – | – |
| Lei, H., 202051 | – | – | Single question | 77% | – | – |
| Liao, X. Z., 201849 | – | – | Single question | 77% | – | – |
| Zhang, K., 202055 | – | – | Single question | 79% | – | – |
| Xu, H., 201938 | – | – | Family Burden Scale of disease | 66% | – | – |
–, not reported; CPL, Chinese Poverty Line; WBPL, World Bank Poverty Line.
CHE, catastrophic health expenditure, was calculated according to the formula: (patients' annual out-of-pocket medical costs + patients' annual nonmedical costs)/annual household income >40%.
CHE, catastrophic health expenditure, was calculated according to the formula: annual household's total out-of-pocket health care payments/annual household nonsubsistence expenditure >40%.
CHE, catastrophic health expenditure, was calculated according to the formula: cancer patient's annual out-of-pocket health care payments/annual household nonsubsistence expenditure >40%.
Household impoverishment: impoverished households were identified by assessing household consumption against the poverty line.