Cancer burden in women with HIV on Medicaid: A nationwide analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is the leading cause of death in people living with HIV. In the United States, nearly 1 in 4 people living with HIV are women, more than half of whom rely on Medicaid for healthcare coverage.

Objective

The objective of this study is to evaluate the cancer burden of women living with HIV on Medicaid.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional study of women 18-64 years of age enrolled in Medicaid during 2012, using data from Medicaid Analytic eXtract files.

Methods

Using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis codes, we identified women living with HIV (n = 72,508) and women without HIV (n = 17,353,963), flagging the presence of 15 types of cancer and differentiating between AIDS-defining cancers and

SUBMITTER: Zhou G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10192809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature