Variation in insurance status by patient demographics and tumor site among nonelderly adult patients with cancer

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2020-2028

  Grant, Stephen R ^a   Walker, Gary V ^a   Guadagnolo, B Ashleigh ^a   Koshy, Matthew ^b   Allen, Pamela K ^a   Mahmood, Usama ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; disparities; insurance; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MELANOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER; ADOLESCENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930374923     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29120     Document Type: Article

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