Forgoing needed medical care among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: racial/ethnic-insurance disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate racial/ethnic-related disparities by insurance status in "forgoing needed medical care in the last year due to finances" in childhood cancer survivors.

Methods

Our study included 3310 non-Hispanic/Latinx White, 562 non-Hispanic/Latinx Black, and 92 Hispanic/Latinx survivors from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. Logistic regression analyses, guided by Andersen's Healthcare Utilization Model, were adjusted for "predisposing" (survey age, sex, childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment, and treatment era) and "need" (perceived health status) factors. Additional adjustment for household income/education and chronic health conditions was considered.

Results

Risk of forgoing care was highest among non-Hispanic/Latinx Blacks and lowest among Hispanics

SUBMITTER: Baedke JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8626536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature