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Article: Some cancer survivors can't afford needed medical care.(PRACTICE TRENDS)(Report)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Slightly more than 2 million cancer survivors in the United States forego necessary medical care because of cost concerns, and Hispanics and African Americans are twice as likely to do so, new research suggests.
Using the annual National Health Interview Survey database for 2003-2006, investigators identified 6,602 adult cancer survivors and 104,364 individuals with no history of cancer. During the survey, individuals were specifically asked if, during the past 12 months, there was a time when they needed medical care but did not get it because they could not afford it.
The overall prevalence of forgoing care because of cost among cancer survivors was ...