Scaling up cancer care for children without medical insurance in developing countries: The case of Mexico

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-203

  Pérez Cuevas, Ricardo ^a   Doubova, Svetlana V ^b   Zapata Tarres, Marta ^c   Flores Hernández, Sergio ^d   Frazier, Lindsay ^e   Rodríguez Galindo, Carlos ^e   Cortes Gallo, Gabriel ^f   Chertorivski Woldenberg, Salomon ^g   Muñoz Hernández, Onofre ^c  

^a Division of Social Protection and Health   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Medical Insurance for the New Generation Program   (Mexico)

^g Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Developing countries; Survival experience

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATASTROPHIZING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALE UP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871165196     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24265     Document Type: Article

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