The impact of health insurance status on the survival of patients with head and neck cancer

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 476-485

  Kwok, Joseph ^a   Langevin, Scott M ^b   Argiris, Athanassios ^a   Grandis, Jennifer R ^a   Gooding, William E ^a   Taioli, Emanuela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer outcome; Epidemiology; Retrospective cohort; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75649094165     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24774     Document Type: Article

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