Open AccessHealth Insurance‐Related Disparities in Lymphoma Survival Are Partly Mediated by Baseline Clinical Factors
Author(s) -
Olszewski Adam J.,
Foran James M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0228
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , confounding , baseline (sea) , disease , environmental health , health equity , health insurance , lymphoma , health care , oncology , gerontology , demography , public health , pathology , population , oceanography , economic growth , economics , geology , sociology
It is important to separate socioeconomic factors affecting health care quality from confounders related to patients’ baseline status or disease biology when studying disparities in lymphoma survival.