Cancer and quality of life in spousal dyads: spillover in couples with and without cancer-related health problems

Poor health of one spouse can adversely influence the partner's health outcomes ("spillover"). This study aimed to estimate quality of life spillover among spouses and to determine how presence of cancer influenced these effects.We examined data on husband-wife dyads with cancer-related health problems, medical events, or disabilities (n = 910) and matched comparison dyads from the 2004-2012 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, a population-based...