Health care utilization and self-reported health status among US cancer survivors by rurality and area deprivation

2026/02/19 by Hyunjung Lee, Dongjun Lee, Ding Quan Ng +4 · 3 voices
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Medicine · #Cancer survivorship and care #Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer #Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

paper · doi:10.1016/j.medj.2026.101030

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Citations

• Investigating Neighborhood and Area Effects on Health
• Area Deprivation and Widening Inequalities in US Mortality, 1969–1998
• Assessing “Neighborhood Effects”: Social Processes and New Directions in Research

Discussions

• 4. A new study in @cp-med.bsky.social from lead author Dr. Hyunjung Lee, @farhadislami.bsky.social, & our Cancer Surveillance team that found cancer survivors in rural and/or under-resourced areas had [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]
• New research by @americancancersoc.bsky.social Hyunjung Lee in @cellpress.bsky.social Med found #cancer #survivors in #rural or the most #deprived areas had poorer #health & were less likely to visit [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
• Study: Cancer survivors in rural and deprived areas less likely to see doctors or mental health professionals, more likely to have poor health. Community interventions needed to improve access and red [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]