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Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance Coverage Among Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors.
- Source :
- JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute; 6/10/2015, Vol. 107 Issue 6, p1-4, 4p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Supplemental security income (SSI) and social security disability insurance (DI) are federal programs that provide disability benefits. We report on SSI/DI enrollment in a random sample of adult, long-term survivors of childhood cancer (n = 698) vs a comparison group without cancer (n = 210) from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study who completed a health insurance survey. A total of 13.5% and 10.0% of survivors had ever been enrolled on SSI or DI, respectively, compared with 2.6% and 5.4% of the comparison group. Cranial radiation doses of 25 Gy or more were associated with a higher risk of current SSI (relative risk [RR] = 3.93, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.05 to 7.56) and DI (RR = 3.65, 95% CI = 1.65 to 8.06) enrollment. Survivors with severe/life-threatening conditions were more often enrolled on SSI (RR = 3.77, 95% CI = 2.04 to 6.96) and DI (RR = 2.73, 95% CI = 1.45 to 5.14) compared with those with mild/moderate or no health conditions. Further research is needed on disability-related financial challenges after childhood cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278874
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103256942
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djv057