Childhood Cancer Survivor Study participants' perceptions and knowledge of health insurance coverage: Implications for the Affordable Care Act

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-259

  Park, Elyse R ^a   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^b   Zallen, Jennifer P ^a   Weissman, Joel S ^a   Pajolek, Hannah ^a   Mertens, Ann C ^c   Armstrong, Gregory T ^d   Robison, Leslie L ^d   Donelan, Karen ^a   Recklitis, Christopher J ^e   Diller, Lisa R ^e   Kuhlthau, Karen A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Childhood cancer; Childhood Cancer Survivor Study; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865988109     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0225-y     Document Type: Article

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