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

Year: 2009

Type: article

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.

Source: INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing

DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.01.17

Authors: Kaan Tunceli, Pamela Farley Short, John R. Moran, Ozgur Tunceli

Institutions: Henry Ford Health, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Cancer Institute, Carelon Research (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University, National Cancer Institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development