Health insurance coverage, care accessibility and affordability for adult survivors of childhood cancer: a cross-sectional study of a nationally representative database

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 964-971

  Kuhlthau, Karen A ^a   Nipp, Ryan D ^b   Shui, Amy ^a   Srichankij, Sean ^c   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^d   Galbraith, Alison A ^e   Park, Elyse R ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Affordability; Childhood cancer survivors; Insurance; Pediatric; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963644335     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-016-0542-7     Document Type: Article

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