Access to preventive health care for cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to health care, particularly effective primary and secondary preventive care, is critical for cancer survivors, in order to minimize the adverse sequelae of cancer and its treatment.

Purpose

The goal of the study was to evaluate the association between cancer survivorship and access to primary and preventive health care.

Methods

Cancer survivors (n=4960) and individuals without a cancer history (n=64,431) aged ≥ 18 years, from the 2008-2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), were evaluated. Multiple measures of access and preventive services use were compared. The association between cancer survivorship and access and preventive services was evaluated with multivariate logistic regression models, stratified by age group (18-64 years and ≥ 65 ye

SUBMITTER: Robin Yabroff K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3804250 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature