Researchers from University of Alabama Birmingham Describe Findings in Cancer (Location of Death and Hospice Use In Children With Cancer Varies By Type of Health Insurance): Cancer

2022 JAN 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Cancer have been published. According to news reporting out of Birmingham, Alabama, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Disparities in end-of-life (EOL) care for children with cancer remain understudied.”

Funders for this research include St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Conquer Cancer Foundation.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Alabama Birmingham, “We addressed this gap by examining patterns of EOL care, with a focus on location of death and hospice utilization.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “We used MarketScan - a nationally representative dataset with Medicaid and commercial claims to conduct a retrospective observational study of children with cancer who died between 2011 and 2017 at age <= 21 years.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Location of Death and Hospice Use In Children With Cancer Varies By Type of Health Insurance. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2021. Pediatric Blood & Cancer can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Pediatric Blood & Cancer - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1545-5017)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Emily E. Johnston, University of Alabama Birmingham, Inst Canc Outcomes & Survivorship, Birmingham, AL, United States. Additional authors for this research include Elizabeth S. Davis, Smita Bhatia and Kelly Kenzik.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29521. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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