Financial hardship among patients with lung cancer and their family caregivers: A comparative study of two institution-based samples from Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs · 2026 · PMC13091003 · PMID 42006094

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In analysis restricted to late-stage cancer, both patients and caregivers in the Mainland China sample exhibited a lower COST score and higher prevalence of financial hardship compared with their counterparts in Hong Kong; however, these differences did not reach statistical significance ( Table 3 ).

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