Predictors of Economic Burden

Patients diagnosed less than 5 years earlier had lower odds of economic burden than those diagnosed for more than 10 years. Lower-income patients faced greater odds of catastrophic expenditure because out-of-pocket spending consumed a larger share of household income. Poor-income patients were 9.19 times more likely than high-income patients to experience economic burden. Middle-income patients were 2.98 times more likely than high-income patients to experience economic burden.