Financial Insolvency as a Risk Factor for Early Mortality Among Patients With Cancer

Patients with cancer are more likely to file for bankruptcy than the general population, but the impact of severe financial distress on health outcomes among patients with cancer is not known. We linked Western Washington SEER Cancer Registry records with federal bankruptcy records for the region. B...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical oncology Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 980 - 986
Main Authors:	Ramsey, Scott D, Bansal, Aasthaa, Fedorenko, Catherine R, Blough, David K, Overstreet, Karen A, Shankaran, Veena, Newcomb, Polly
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 20.03.2016
Subjects:	Bankruptcy - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms - economics Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - psychology Neoplasms - therapy Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors SEER Program Stress, Psychological - economics Stress, Psychological - etiology Stress, Psychological - psychology Washington - epidemiology Washington
ISSN:	1527-7755
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