Preferred Label : Financial Stress;
MeSH definition : In medicine, a term used to describe problems a patient has related to the cost of
medical care. Not having health insurance or having a lot of costs for medical care
not covered by health insurance can cause financial problems and may lead to debt
and bankruptcy. Financial stress can also affect a patient’s quality of life and access
to medical care. For example, a patient may not take a prescription medicine or may
avoid going to the doctor to save money. Cancer patients are more likely to have financial
stress than people without cancer. Also called economic burden, economic hardship,
financial burden, financial distress, financial hardship, and financial toxicity.
(https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress); Stress arising from personal financial concerns. (https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress).; Stress arising from personal financial concerns. (www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress).;
MeSH synonym : Financial Stresses; Stress, Financial; Financial Pressures; Financial Pressure; Pressure, Financial; Financial Challenges; Challenge, Financial; Financial Challenge; Financial Toxicity; Financial Toxicities; Toxicity, Financial; Economic Burden; Burden, Economic; Economic Burdens; Financial Burden; Burden, Financial; Financial Burdens; Socioeconomic Adversity; Adversity, Socioeconomic; Socioeconomic Adversities; Financial Strain; Financial Strains; Strain, Financial; Insufficient Financial Resources; Financial Resource, Insufficient; Insufficient Financial Resource; Resource, Insufficient Financial; Financial Resource Strain; Financial Resource Strains; Resource Strain, Financial; Strain, Financial Resource;
CISMeF synonym : Financial Hardship; Burdens, Financial; Toxicities, Financial; Burdens, Economic; Stresses, Financial; Pressures, Financial; Challenges, Financial;
Related MeSH term : Financial Hardships; Hardship, Financial; Hardships, Financial; Economic Hardship; Economic Hardships; Hardship, Economic; Hardships, Economic;
MeSH annotation : for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;
Origin ID : D000086522;
UMLS CUI : C5392146;
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In medicine, a term used to describe problems a patient has related to the cost of
medical care. Not having health insurance or having a lot of costs for medical care
not covered by health insurance can cause financial problems and may lead to debt
and bankruptcy. Financial stress can also affect a patient’s quality of life and access
to medical care. For example, a patient may not take a prescription medicine or may
avoid going to the doctor to save money. Cancer patients are more likely to have financial
stress than people without cancer. Also called economic burden, economic hardship,
financial burden, financial distress, financial hardship, and financial toxicity.
(https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress)
Stress arising from personal financial concerns. (https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress).
Stress arising from personal financial concerns. (www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/financial-stress).
