GoFundMe®:在患有癌症的年轻成人患者中进行众筹
Rosaleen Duggan Bloom1, Omobolanle Akinwa2, Fiyinfolu Kolade3
1Rosaleen Duggan Bloom.
Clinical journal of oncology nursing
|September 23, 2025
概括
患有癌症的年轻人 (YA) 使用众筹,如GoFundMe,以支付治疗费用和日常开支. 大约一半的这些活动成功实现了他们的财务目标,突出了对财政支持的迫切需要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 患有癌症的18-39岁的年轻人 (YA) 面临着严重的财务毒性.
- 与老年癌症患者相比,他们的经济负担可能更为严重.
- 青年医疗机构经常寻求其他金融解决方案来管理治疗费用.
研究的目的:
- 调查年轻成年人 (YAs) 在癌症治疗期间使用GoFundMe®获得经济支持的情况.
- 了解这些众筹活动所涵盖的费用类型.
主要方法:
- 追溯描述性混合方法研究.
- 分析了50个符合纳入标准的GoFundMe®活动.
- 通过手动审查和Python提取数据,然后进行描述性和定性编码.
主要成果:
- GoFundMe®收款人主要是20多岁的女性,她们的诊断包括乳腺癌,大脑癌,结肠直肠癌或白血病.
- 活动目标差异很大 ($2,488$1,243,900),其中23个活动达到或超过了目标.
- 资金被要求用于直接/间接的治疗费用,日常生活费用,实验性/替代性/未经证实的疗法,记忆制造旅行和生命末期/葬礼费用.
结论:
- 像GoFundMe®这样的众筹平台为接受癌症治疗的年轻人提供了重要的财务资源.
- 这些活动解决了广泛的需求,从医疗费用到生活质量和终身护理.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索众筹对癌症患者的长期影响和可持续性.
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