说谁要不要脸，写文章的加拿大记者?
While Canada’s publicly funded health-care system covers hospital costs including chemotherapy and radiation, patients still pay for some prescription drugs and travel expenses. There is also the cost of lost time going to appointments, and lost income during treatment and recovery.
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Cancer patients shouldering an average of $33K in costs in Canada: report
By Hannah Alberga The Canadian Press
Posted December 9, 2024 8:35 am
6 min read
Since Natalie Lipschultz was diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer in 2019, she estimates the illness has cost her more than $20,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.
Several months after her diagnosis, the Burnaby, B.C., resident was terminated from her job at an insurance company without cause while undergoing chemotherapy in January 2020. She agreed not to pursue legal action in exchange for her health benefits and severance.
Lipschultz, who was 34 at the time, had tried to balance work and treatment, answering emails on her laptop during chemotherapy.
Looking back, she wishes she had focused more on her body.
“The health care system failed me, my work at the time failed me, and I’m gonna get a little emotional, but I think I failed myself a little bit too,” she says.
Her story embodies the findings of a Canadian Cancer Society report, published Monday in partnership with Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada with analysis by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, on the economic cost of cancer – for the health-care system, but also for the patient.
The report estimates a cancer patient will face almost $33,000 on average in out-of-pocket cancer-related costs in their lifetime, including loss of income.
While Canada’s publicly funded health-care system covers hospital costs including chemotherapy and radiation, patients still pay for some prescription drugs and travel
环球只是做了中文翻译工作。
原文在此，你释然了吗？
Cancer patients shouldering an average of $33K in costs in Canada: report
By Hannah Alberga The Canadian Press
Posted December 9, 2024 8:35 am
6 min read
Since Natalie Lipschultz was diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer in 2019, she estimates the illness has cost her more than $20,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.
Several months after her diagnosis, the Burnaby, B.C., resident was terminated from her job at an insurance company without cause while undergoing chemotherapy in January 2020. She agreed not to pursue legal action in exchange for her health benefits and severance.
Lipschultz, who was 34 at the time, had tried to balance work and treatment, answering emails on her laptop during chemotherapy.
Looking back, she wishes she had focused more on her body.
“The health care system failed me, my work at the time failed me, and I’m gonna get a little emotional, but I think I failed myself a little bit too,” she says.
Her story embodies the findings of a Canadian Cancer Society report, published Monday in partnership with Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada with analysis by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, on the economic cost of cancer – for the health-care system, but also for the patient.
The report estimates a cancer patient will face almost $33,000 on average in out-of-pocket cancer-related costs in their lifetime, including loss of income.
While Canada’s publicly funded health-care system covers hospital costs including chemotherapy and radiation, patients still pay for some prescription drugs and travel。
自从Natalie Lipschultz在2019年被诊断为三期结肠直肠癌以来，她估计这种疾病已经让她自掏腰包花费了2万多加元。
确诊几个月后，这位来自不列颠哥伦比亚省本拿比市的居民在2020年1月接受化疗期间，遭到一家保险公司无故解雇。作为交换，她同意不采取法律行动，而公司则继续提供她的健康福利和遣散费。
当时34岁的Lipschultz曾试图在工作和治疗之间找到平衡，在化疗期间，她还在用笔记本电脑处理工作邮件。
回想起来，她希望自己能更多地关注自己的身体。
“医疗保健系统让我失望了，我当时的工作让我失望了，我有些情绪化，但我认为我也有点让自己失望了，”她说。
她的故事体现了加拿大癌症协会报告中的发现，该报告于周一发布，报告与加拿大统计局和加拿大公共卫生局合作，由加拿大癌症伙伴关系分析，研究癌症的经济成本，不仅是对医疗系统的负担，也是对患者的负担。
报告估计，癌症患者一生中将面临平均约3.3万元的自费癌症相关费用，包括收入损失。
尽管加拿大的公共医疗体系涵盖了包括化疗和放疗在内的医院费用，但患者仍需支付部分处方药费用和交通费用。还有去看病的时间成本，以及治疗和康复期间的收入损失。
医生和健康政策专家表示，这些费用使得应对这种复杂疾病变得更加困难，尤其是对低收入和固定收入患者，以及那些住在偏远地区、离癌症治疗中心较远的患者，影响尤为严重。
报告引用了研究表明，癌症的经济负担可能还会影响健康结果。例如，一些患者可能因为无法请假、无法支付前往另一座城市治疗的交通和住宿费用，或无法负担健康饮食和生活方式，而选择放弃或延迟治疗。倡导者建议联邦和省级政府应当介入，帮助缩小这种公平差距。
报告预测，到2024年，加拿大癌症相关的总成本预计将达到377亿加元，包括医疗系统和癌症患者及其照护者的费用。医疗系统将支付其中的80%，大约300亿加元，而患者则需要承担75亿加元，约占20%。
预计未来十年癌症患者和护理人员的自付费用将增加近 20%，部分原因是人口增长、老龄化和癌症存活率提高，报告称这可能会扩大有能力支付的人与无力支付的人之间的差距。
2024年发表在《当代肿瘤学》期刊上的一项加拿大癌症研究表明，年收入低于5万加元的家庭的患者更可能放弃治疗，并且报告了增加的财务困难。这些患者平均花费其月收入的34%用于癌症相关费用。
在这方面，Lipschultz认为自己是幸运的。治疗期间，她有家人和朋友的经济支持，并且可以乘坐公共交通从本拿比的家前往温哥华的癌症治疗中心。
然而，2022年，她的癌症复发并转移至肝脏，进入四期。她的母亲接手照顾她五个月大的女儿。
来源链接：https://globalnews.ca/news/10908375/cancer-patients-canada-costs/