Insurance status and risk of cancer mortality among adolescents and young adults

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1279-1286

  Rosenberg, Abby R ^a,b,c   Kroon, Leah ^a   Chen, Lu ^b,d   Li, Christopher I ^b,d   Jones, Barbara ^e,f  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e and Family Survival   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Affordable Care Act; AYA; cancer; cancer disparities; health care reform; health insurance; pediatrics; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT; CANCER REGISTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927114956     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29187     Document Type: Article

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