Impact of insurance type on survivor-focused and general preventive health care utilization in adult survivors of childhood cancer

Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1966-1975

  Casillas, Jacqueline ^a   Castellino, Sharon M ^b   Hudson, Melissa M ^c,d   Mertens, Ann C ^e   Lima, Isac S F ^f   Liu, Qi ^f   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a   Yasui, Yutaka ^f   Robison, Leslie L ^c,d   Oeffinger, Kevin C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Jude Children's Research Hospital   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer survivors; delivery of health care; health care access; health insurance; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955431700     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25688     Document Type: Article

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