Late-Stage Oral Cancer Detection After California and Illinois Restored Medicaid Dental Benefits.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous research found an association between California's Medicaid dental coverage and oral cancer detection. However, this relationship has yet to be explored in other states or by subgroup populations.

Study design

In addition to controlling for sociodemographic and tumor characteristics, this study implemented a traditional difference-in-differences design to compare distant-stage diagnosis trends in states restoring Medicaid dental benefits (California [CA] and Illinois [IL]) with trends in states with constant Medicaid dental benefits.

Setting

This retrospective, observational study analyzed oral cavity and pharynx cancer case data from The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (2004-2017).

Methods

The outcome was a binary variabl

SUBMITTER: Semprini JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790188 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature