ASSESSING IMPACT OF CANCER AND DEPRESSION ON THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER AMERICANS
| dc.contributor.advisor | Boudreaux, Michel | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Omeaku, Nina | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Health Services Administration | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-23T06:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-23T06:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation examines the impact of cancer on financial outcomes for individuals aged 50 and older and documents how this relationship varies by sex and race/ethnicity. I then turn to the impact of depression on out-of-pocket medical spending among those with a history of cancer. Findings suggest cancer can have a deleterious effect on the financial outcomes of those who are diagnosed with cancer. Out-of-pocket spending rises in the year of diagnosis, reduced earnings persist beyond diagnosis, and depression increases out-of-pocket spending. I fail to find evidence that the relationship between cancer and financial outcomes is moderated by sex or race-ethnicity. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/xl3q-18vx | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/30026 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Aging | en_US |
| dc.title | ASSESSING IMPACT OF CANCER AND DEPRESSION ON THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER AMERICANS | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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