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SUBMITTER: Zhao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050003 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Jingxuan J Han Xuesong X Zheng Zhiyuan Z Banegas Matthew P MP Ekwueme Donatus U DU Yabroff K Robin KR
JNCI cancer spectrum 20191021 4
Little is known about the association between health insurance literacy and financial hardship among cancer survivors. Using the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Experiences with Cancer self-administered questionnaire, we evaluated the associations between health insurance literacy and medical financial hardship and nonmedical financial sacrifices among adult cancer survivors in the United States. Of the survivors, 18.9% aged 18-64 years and 14.6% aged 65 years and older reported health ins ...[more]