Patient out-of-pocket medical expenses over two 
             years among Queenslanders with and without a 
                                      major cancer
                                         Louisa Gordon
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                                    28-29 March 2019 Sydney
                                  Cancer Survivorship Conference
                                          @louisagord
                                louisa.gordon@qimrberghofer.edu.au
                                    www.qimrberghofer.edu.au  
                                 Acknowledgements
      •   Thomas Elliott, Catherine Olsen, Nirmala Pandeya, David Whiteman
      •   QSKIN is funded by NHMRC Grant #552429
                        Gordon LG, Elliott T, Olsen C, Pandeya N, Whiteman DC. Patient out-of-pocket 
                        medical expenses over two years among Queenslanders with and without a 
                        major cancer' Australian Journal of Primary Health. 2018; 24(6); 530-536.  
                        Gordon LG, Elliott T, Olsen C, Pandeya N, Whiteman DC. Patient out-of-pocket 
                        medical expenses among Queenslanders with a major cancer. Med J Aust. 
                        (Research letter) 208 (11) 497.
        Studies exist but survey and self-reported data is limited by 
                          biases (selection & recall)
    Gordon LG, Walker SM, Mervin CM, 
    Lowe A, Smith DP, Gardiner RA, 
    Chambers SK. Euro J Cancer Care, 2017 
    Jan;26(1).  
   Research question
    What are the medical out-of-pocket expenses for 
     individuals with and without one of the five common 
     cancers?