Report Links Health Insurance Status With Cancer Care
Uninsured Americans are less likely to get screened for cancer, more likely to be diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease, and less likely to survive that diagnosis than their privately insured counterparts, according to a new American Cancer Society report examining the impact of health insurance status on cancer treatment and survival.
The article, posted online today and set to be published in the January-February 2008 issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, was authored by American Cancer Society researchers, led by Elizabeth Ward, PhD, managing director, surveillance research.
Much more in this extended news release.
Sources: American Cancer Society, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, (peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society)
See Also: Cancer quicker to claim the uninsured (AP)
See Also: Global Cancer Facts and Figures 2007
See Also: Health Insurance Statistics (via StateHealthFacts.org)
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