Health insurance coverage and cost barriers to needed medical care among U.S. adult cancer survivors age <65 years

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2466-2475

  Sabatino, Susan A ^a,b   Coates, Ralph J ^a   Uhler, Robert J ^a   Alley, Linda G ^a   Pollack, Lori A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Delayed care; Health insurance; Missing care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646862145     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21879     Document Type: Article

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