This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Research Manpower program (CFDA 93.398) supports a study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to evaluate the implementation and impact of oncology financial navigation services as part of routine cancer care delivery. The 5-year, $192,489 grant will assess the reach, adoption, and effectiveness of integrating oncology financial navigators into the cancer care system, with a focus on identifying strategies to improve implementation and address financial hardship inequities among diverse patient populations. The study will use quantitative and qualitative methods to track implementation outcomes and evaluate changes in patient-reported measures of financial distress, quality of life, and psychological well-being. Findings from this pragmatic hybrid effectiveness-implementation study will inform broader efforts to scale and sustain oncology financial navigation programs within value-based cancer care delivery models.
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