Are survivors who report cancer-related financial problems more likely to forgo or delay medical care?

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3710-3717

  Kent, Erin E ^a   Forsythe, Laura P ^b   Yabroff, K Robin ^a   Weaver, Kathryn E ^c   De Moor, Janet S ^a   Rodriguez, Juan L ^d   Rowland, Julia H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; cancer; financial burden; health disparities; survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIPLE CANCER; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO CARE; CANCER; FINANCIAL BURDEN; HEALTH DISPARITIES; SURVIVORS;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84885190068     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28262     Document Type: Article

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