Abstract:
INTRODUCTION:The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid eligibility to persons with income up to 138% of the federal poverty line. We investigated how Medicaid expansion (ME) impacted the access to cancer-specific surgical care in the US. METHODS:We used a nationwide population-based database (SEER) to identify patients with the 8 most prevalent cancers between 2007 and 2015. Adjusted difference-in-differences (DiD) and multivariate regression were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS:A total of 1,008,074 patients were included. Patients post-ME were diagnosed at an earlier stage (pre-ME, 27.6%; post-ME, 31.1%; P < 0.001), and lack of insurance coverage decreased from 5.5% to 2.6% (P < 0.001). Lower-SES population had improved access to surgical care (attributable benefit +3.18%; P < 0.001). ME was an independent predictor of access-to-surgery (OR, 1.45; P < 0.001), whereas African-American and Hispanic race were negative predictive factors. CONCLUSION:After ME, the population without insurance coverage decreased. This was associated with earlier cancer diagnosis and improved access to surgery in patients from economically disadvantaged communities.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Mesquita-Neto JWB,Cmorej P,Mouzaihem H,Weaver D,Kim S,Macedo FIdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.06.023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
181-184issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(19)30688-9journal_volume
219pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
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