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Cancer Survivorship, Health Insurance, and Employment Transitions Among Older Workers

Overview
Journal Inquiry
Specialties Health Services
Public Health
Date 2009 Jun 4
PMID 19489481
Citations 13
Authors
Kaan Tunceli
Pamela Farley Short
John R Moran
Ozgur Tunceli
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Abstract

This study examined the effect of job-related health insurance on employment transitions (labor force exits, reductions in hours, and job changes) of older working cancer survivors. Using multivariate models, we compared longitudinal data for the period 1997-2002 from the Penn State Cancer Survivor Study to similar data for workers with no cancer history in the Health and Retirement Study, who were also ages 55 to 64 at follow-up. The interaction of cancer survivorship with health insurance at diagnosis was negative and significant in predicting labor force exits, job changes, and transitions to part-time employment for both genders. The differential effect of job-related health insurance on the labor market dynamics of cancer survivors represents an additional component of the economic and psychosocial burden of cancer on survivors.

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