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Table 1 Financial challenges by cervical cancer patients

From: Perception of Cervical Cancer Patients on their Financial Challenges in Western Kenya

Variable

Yes

No

Total

Cost of treatment

228 (68%)

106 (32%)

334 (100%)

Cost of medication

291 (87%)

43 (13%)

334 (100%)

Cost of home or child care

80 (24%)

254 (76%)

334 (100%)

Cost of clothes and wigs

91 (27%)

243 (73%)

334 (100%)

Cost of diagnosis

250 (75%)

84 (25%)

334 (100%)

Travel costs

281 (84%)

53 (16%)

334 (100%)

Cost of nutritional supplements/

217 (65%)

117 (35%)

334 (100%)