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Insurance status, health equity, and the cancer care continuum
Author(s) -
Halpern Michael T.,
Brawley Otis W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30158
Subject(s) - equity (law) , health equity , medicine , psychological intervention , health care , actuarial science , cancer , health insurance , environmental health , public economics , nursing , business , economic growth , public health , economics , political science , law
As illustrated in two studies published in this issue of Cancer , an individual's sociodemographic characteristics including type of health insurance can decrease access to high‐quality and timely cancer care and result in adverse outcomes. Understanding the factors that create cancer health care disparities can help researchers, clinicians, and policy makers develop strategies and interventions to reduce them. See also pages 3127‐35 and 3157‐65.