Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS): Cancer Supplement Publications

2017 Survey (with or without 2016 and 2011 Surveys)

Borsky AE, Zuvekas SH, Kent EE, de Moor JS, Ngo-Metzger Q, Soni A. Understanding the characteristics of US cancer survivors with informal caregivers. Cancer 2021 May 4. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33535. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

de Moor JS, Kent EE, McNeel TS, Virgo KS, Swanberg J, Tracy JK, Banegas MP, Han X, Qin J, Yabroff KR. Employment Outcomes among Cancer Survivors in the United States: Implications for Cancer Care Delivery. J Natl Cancer Inst 2020 Jun 13:djaa084. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Halpern MT, de Moor JS, Yabroff KR. Impact of Pain on Employment and Financial Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Jul 22:JCO2003746. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.03746. [Epub ahead of print] [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Kent EE, de Moor JS, Zhao J, Ekwueme DU, Han X, Yabroff KR. Staying at One's Job to Maintain Employer-Based Health Insurance Among Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses/Partners. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Apr 23:e200742. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0742. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

2016 Survey (with or without 2011 Survey)

Ekwueme DU, Zhao J, Rim SH, de Moor JS, Zheng Z, Khushalani JS, Han X, Kent EE, Yabroff KR. Annual Out-of-Pocket Expenditures and Financial Hardship Among Cancer Survivors Aged 18-64 Years - United States, 2011-2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Jun 7;68(22):494-499. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6822a2. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Han X, Zhao J, Zheng Z, de Moor JS, Virgo KS, Yabroff KR. Medical Financial Hardship Intensity and Financial Sacrifice Associated with Cancer in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Feb;29(2):308-317. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Hong YR, Smith GL, Xie Z, Mainous AG 3rd, Huo J. Financial burden of cancer care under the Affordable Care Act: Analysis of MEPS-Experiences with Cancer Survivorship 2011 and 2016. J Cancer Surviv. 2019 Aug;13(4):523-536. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Rai A, Chawla N, Han X, Rim SH, Smith T, de Moor J, Yabroff KR. Has the Quality of Patient-Provider Communication About Survivorship Care Improved? J Oncol Pract. 2019 Nov;15(11):e916-e924. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Reed SC, Bell JF, Miglioretti DL, Nekhlyudov L, Fairman N, Joseph JG. Fear of cancer recurrence and associations with mental health status and individual characteristics among cancer survivors: Findings from a nationally representative sample. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2019 Sep 11:1-18. [Epub ahead of print] [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Zhao J, Han X, Zheng Z, Banegas MP, Ekwueme DU, Yabroff KR. Is Health Insurance Literacy Associated With Financial Hardship Among Cancer Survivors? Findings From a National Sample in the United States. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, Volume 3, Issue 4. December 2019. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

2011 Survey

Barrows CE, Belle JM, Fleishman A, Lubitz CC, James BC. Financial burden of thyroid cancer in the United States: An estimate of economic and psychological hardship among thyroid cancer survivors. Surgery. 2020 Feb;167(2):378-384. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Chawla N, Blanch-Hartigan D, Virgo KS, Ekwueme DU, Han X, Forsythe L, Rodriguez J, McNeel TS, Yabroff KR. Quality of Patient-Provider Communication Among Cancer Survivors: Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample. J Oncol Pract. 2016 Dec;12(12):e964-e973. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

de Moor JS, Dowling EC, Ekwueme DU, Guy GP Jr, Rodriguez J, Virgo KS, Han X, Kent EE, Li C, Litzelman K, McNeel TS, Liu B, Yabroff KR. Employment implications of informal cancer caregiving. J Cancer Surviv. 2017 Feb;11(1):48-57. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

de Moor JS, Virgo KS, Li C, Chawla N, Han X, Blanch-Hartigan D, Ekwueme DU, McNeel TS, Rodriguez JL, Yabroff KR. Access to Cancer Care and General Medical Care Services Among Cancer Survivors in the United States: An Analysis of 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data. Public Health Rep. 2016 Nov;131(6):783-790. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

DiMartino LD, Birken SA, Mayer DK. The Relationship Between Cancer Survivors' Socioeconomic Status and Reports of Follow-up Care Discussions with Providers. J Cancer Educ. 2017 Dec;32(4):749-755. doi: 10.1007/s13187-016-1024-3. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Kale HP, Carroll NV. Self-reported financial burden of cancer care and its effect on physical and mental health-related quality of life among US cancer survivors. Cancer. 2016 Apr 15;122(8):283-9. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Litzelman K, Blanch-Hartigan D, Lin CC, Han X. Correlates of the positive psychological byproducts of cancer: Role of family caregivers and informational support. Palliat Support Care. 2017 Dec;15(6):693-703. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Odahowski CL, Zahnd WE, Zgodic A, Edward JS, Hill LN, Davis MM, Perry CK, Shannon J, Wheeler SB, Vanderpool RC, Eberth JM. Financial hardship among rural cancer survivors: An analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Prev Med. 2019 Dec;129S:105881. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Reed SC, Bell JF, Miglioretti DL, Nekhlyudov L, Fairman N, Joseph JG. Relationships Between Fear of Cancer Recurrence and Lifestyle Factors Among Cancer Survivors. J Cancer Educ. 2019 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print] [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Reed SC, Bell JF, Whitney R, Lash R, Kim KK, Bold RJ, Joseph JG. Psychosocial outcomes in active treatment through survivorship. Psychooncology. 2018 Jan;27(1):279-285. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Soni A. Experiences with Health Care Providers among Cancer Survivors, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2011. Statistical Brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (US)) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001-. STATISTICAL BRIEF #451. 2014 Oct. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Swanberg, JE, Nichols, HM, Vanderpool, RC, Rosenblatt, P, Tracy, JK. Working poor and working nonpoor cancer survivors: Work‐related and employment disparities Cancer Reports. 2018; 1:e1134. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Tracy JK, Falk D, Thompson RJ, Scheindlin L, Adetunji F, Swanberg JE. Managing the cancer-work interface: the effect of cancer survivorship on unemployment. Cancer Manag Res. 2018 Nov 28;10:6479-6487. eCollection 2018. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

White-Means SI, Osmani AR. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Patient-Provider Communication With Breast Cancer Patients: Evidence From 2011 MEPS and Experiences With Cancer Supplement. Inquiry. 2017 Jan 1;54:46958017727104. doi: 10.1177/0046958017727104. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Whitney RL, Bell JF, Reed SC, Lash R, Bold RJ, Kim KK, Davis A, Copenhaver D, Joseph JG. Predictors of financial difficulties and work modifications among cancer survivors in the United States. J Cancer Surviv. 2016 Apr;10(2):241-50. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Yabroff KR, Dowling EC, Guy GP Jr, Banegas MP, Davidoff A, Han X, Virgo KS, McNeel TS, Chawla N, Blanch-Hartigan D, Kent EE, Li C, Rodriguez JL, de Moor JS, Zheng Z, Jemal A, Ekwueme DU. Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer in the United States: Findings From a Population-Based Sample of Adult Cancer Survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan 20;34(3):259-67. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Yabroff KR, Dowling E, Rodriguez J, Ekwueme DU, Meissner H, Soni A, Lerro C, Willis G, Forsythe LP, Borowski L, Virgo KS. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) experiences with cancer survivorship supplement. J Cancer Surviv. 2012 Dec;6(4):407-19. [View Abstract]External Web Site Policy

Last Updated: 28 Sep, 2021