Health Insurance as a Mediator of Neighborhood Deprivation and Pediatric Cancer Survival: An Analysis of State Cancer Registry Data
While individual-level health insurance status was a mediator of neighborhood-level disparities in pediatric cancer survival, it did not explain a large proportion of the observed disparities. This suggests that structural and systemic factors, beyond just individual insurance coverage, may play a significant role in shaping pediatric cancer outcomes.
Authors
- Edward Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4928-6532)
- Emma Hymel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1229-6307)
- Jenna Allison
- Sarah H. Nash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9038-6001)
- Kendra L. Ratnapradipa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-2400)
- Cheng Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-870X)
- Shinobu Watanabe‐Galloway
- Mei‐Chin Hsieh
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Iowa Health Care (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.71755
- Primary Topic
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00