Determinants and consequences of financial hardship among adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 189-200

  Huang, I Chan ^a   Bhakta, Nickhill ^a   Brinkman, Tara M ^a   Klosky, James L ^b   Krull, Kevin R ^a   Srivastava, DeoKumar ^a   Hudson, Melissa M ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE BURDEN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRADUATE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INSURANCE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETIREMENT; SEIZURE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; SOMATIZATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; INFANT; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER SURVIVORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85060405449     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djy120     Document Type: Article

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