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Table 2.

Summary of roles in addressing financial hardship

Team member	Action	Potential direct effects
Physicians and advanced practice providers	Shared decision-making and cost discussions Assess and respond to goals of care	Patients, caregivers, and families
Nurses and medical assistants	Screen for financial hardship	Patients, caregivers, and families
Social workers and financial navigators	Screen for financial hardship Resource deployment and connection Deliver individual-level interventions Education	Patients, caregivers, and families
Insurers	Reduce out-of-pocket costs Streamline access to benefits	Patients, caregivers, and families and clinical team
Employers	Paid sick leave Reasonable accommodations Streamline access to benefits	Patients, caregivers, and families
Researchers	Identify effective policies Identify ways to reduce administrative burden Evaluate effective individual-, organizational-, community-, and policy-level interventions	Policymakers, insurers, employers, and clinical team
Policymakers	Require paid sick leave or provide through state Provide easily accessible financial aid Set minimum health insurance coverage standards Fund research pertaining to financial hardship and social drivers of health	Employers, insurers, patients, caregivers, and families

Team member	Action	Potential direct effects
Physicians and advanced practice providers	Shared decision-making and cost discussions Assess and respond to goals of care	Patients, caregivers, and families
Nurses and medical assistants	Screen for financial hardship	Patients, caregivers, and families
Social workers and financial navigators	Screen for financial hardship Resource deployment and connection Deliver individual-level interventions Education	Patients, caregivers, and families
Insurers	Reduce out-of-pocket costs Streamline access to benefits	Patients, caregivers, and families and clinical team
Employers	Paid sick leave Reasonable accommodations Streamline access to benefits	Patients, caregivers, and families
Researchers	Identify effective policies Identify ways to reduce administrative burden Evaluate effective individual-, organizational-, community-, and policy-level interventions	Policymakers, insurers, employers, and clinical team
Policymakers	Require paid sick leave or provide through state Provide easily accessible financial aid Set minimum health insurance coverage standards Fund research pertaining to financial hardship and social drivers of health	Employers, insurers, patients, caregivers, and families