Supplementary figures: The impact of socioeconomic crisis on cancer patient outcomes in Lebanon, 2018–2020

These are peer-reviewed supplementary materials for the article 'The impact of socioeconomic crisis on cancer patient outcomes in Lebanon, 2018–2020' published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research.Figure 1: Probability of survival for breast cancer before in (1 red) and after (2 green) crisisFigure 2: Probability of survival for renal cancer before in (1 red) and after (2 green) crisisFigure 3: Probability of survival for lung cancer before in (1 red) and after (2 green) crisisAim: The goal of this study was to assess the impact of economic and social crisis on access to cancer care in Lebanon. Materials & methods: A cancer Drug Access Program in Lebanon was launched, covering 80–90% of treatment costs. The program included three drugs for breast cancer, renal cancer, and lung cancer. A longitudinal follow-up of patients was conducted. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPI) was used by year (2019 or 2021), i.e., before and after the onset of the economic crisis. Results: A total of 613 cancer patients were included in 50 hospitals.Mean patient age was 58.5 years (standard deviation = 12.3). The proportion of cancer types was 79.3% breast, 10.6% renal, and 7.3% lung cancer. Treatment with palbociclib (hazard ration [HR]: 1.64; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.53–1.76, p Conclusion: Economic crises have negative impacts on health outcomes, andwe identified a change in survival pre/post crisis onset. This study argues strongly for coordinated efforts to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on health.