“…Forty-six patients agreed to participate in interviews, of which 67% reported some form of negative financial impact they attributed to their ARDS hospitalization. Although this is a small study, the authors found, at a very granular level, that patients who acquired medical expenses as a result of their ARDS hospitalization experienced financial toxicity that outweighed their available resources ( 7 ). Some patients described their financial toxicity as limiting their recovery by causing adverse mental health effects and altering their medication or rehabilitation compliance due to an inability to pay.…”