Staying at One's Job to Maintain Employer-Based Health Insurance Among Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses/Partners

Erin E Kent; Janet S de Moor; Jingxuan Zhao; Donatus U Ekwueme; Xuesong Han; K Robin Yabroff

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0742

Staying at One's Job to Maintain Employer-Based Health Insurance Among Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses/Partners

JAMA Oncol. 2020 Jun 1;6(6):929-932. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0742.

Authors

Erin E Kent¹, Janet S de Moor², Jingxuan Zhao³, Donatus U Ekwueme⁴, Xuesong Han³, K Robin Yabroff³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
² National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁴ US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This study examines the prevalence at which cancer survivors and their spouses/partners in the US stay at their jobs to maintain employer-based health insurance.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cancer Survivors / statistics & numerical data*
Employment*
Female
Health Benefit Plans, Employee*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Spouses
Young Adult