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. 2017 Dec 1;177(12):1855-1858.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5047.

Assessing Health Insurance Coverage Characteristics and Impact on Health Care Cost, Worry, and Access: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Elyse R Park  1   2 , Anne C Kirchhoff  3 , Ryan D Nipp  4 , Karen Donelan  1 , Wendy M Leisenring  5 , Gregory T Armstrong  6 , Karen A Kuhlthau  7   8
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Assessing Health Insurance Coverage Characteristics and Impact on Health Care Cost, Worry, and Access: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

Elyse R Park et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This study assessed a randomly selected, age-stratified sample of 698 childhood cancer survivors and 210 siblings and insurance coverage characteristics to determine the impact of underinsurance.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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