Assessing health insurance coverage characteristics and impact on health care cost, worry, and access: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1855-1858

  Park, Elyse R ^a,b   Kirchhoff, Anne C ^c   Nipp, Ryan D ^b   Donelan, Karen ^a   Leisenring, Wendy M ^d   Armstrong, Gregory T ^e   Kuhlthau, Karen A ^a,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MONEY; PATIENT WORRY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; TRENDS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 85039848907     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5047     Document Type: Letter

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