TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosen, Jennifer E
TI  - Burden of socio-legal concerns among vulnerable patients seeking cancer care services at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey
SN  - 1472-6963
PY  - 2016///
KW  - *Health Services Accessibility
KW  - *Neoplasms/th [Therapy]
KW  - *Safety-net Providers
KW  - *Social Determinants of Health
KW  - *Sociological Factors
KW  - *Vulnerable Populations/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence]
KW  - Adult
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Boston
KW  - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW  - Female
KW  - Health Services Accessibility/ec [Economics]
KW  - Health Services Accessibility/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence]
KW  - Healthcare Disparities
KW  - Hospitals, Urban
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
KW  - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW  - Vulnerable Populations/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Young Adult=501  \\
KW  - Available online from MWHC library: 2001 - present
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Surgery/General Surgery
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - BACKGROUND: Social and economic conditions that affect one's ability to satisfy life's most basic needs such as lack of affordable housing, restricted access to education and employment, or inadequate income are increasingly well-documented barriers to optimal health. The burden of these challenges among vulnerable patients accessing cancer care services is unknown; CONCLUSION: Our findings support the need for innovations in cancer care delivery to address socio-legal concerns of a vulnerable patient population; METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients presenting for ambulatory cancer care services (screening and treatment) at an urban safety-net hospital to assess socio-legal concerns (social problems related to meeting life's basic needs supported by public policy or programming and potentially remedied through legal advocacy/action); RESULTS: Among 104 respondents, 80 (77 %) reported concerns with one or more socio-legal needs in the past month, with a mean of 5.75 concerns per participant. The most common socio-legal concerns related to income supports, housing, and employment/education
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1443-1
ER  -