Financial hardship among cancer survivors in Southern New Jersey

Purpose To identify predictors of financial hardship, operationalized as foregoing health care, making financial sacrifices, and being concerned about having inadequate financial and insurance information. Methods Cancer survivors ( n = 346) identified through the New Jersey State Cancer Registry were surveyed from August 2018 to September 2019. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Results Cancer survivors with household incomes less than $50,000 annually were more likely than those earning $50,0000–$90,000 to report foregoing health care (15.8 percentage points, p