Insurance status, comorbidity level, and survival among colorectal cancer patients age 18 to 64 years in the national cancer data base from 2003 to 2005

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3627-3633

  Robbins, Anthony S ^a   Pavluck, Alexandre L ^a   Fedewa, Stacey A ^a   Chen, Amy Y ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949149323     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.8025     Document Type: Article

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