Cancer-specific outcomes among young adults without health insurance

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2025-2030

  Aizer, Ayal A ^a   Falit, Benjamin ^a   Mendu, Mallika L ^b   Chen, Ming Hui ^c   Choueiri, Toni K ^b   Hoffman, Karen E ^d   Hu, Jim C ^e   Martin, Neil E ^b   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b   Alexander, Brian M ^b   Nguyen, Paul L ^b  

^a HARVARD RADIATION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905836921     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.2555     Document Type: Article

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