The impact of health insurance on cancer care in disadvantaged communities

Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1219-1227

  Abdelsattar, Zaid M ^a,b   Hendren, Samantha ^a,b   Wong, Sandra L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

access; cancer; insurance; outcomes; social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLEGE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PROSTATE CANCER; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INSURANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85003430018     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30431     Document Type: Article

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