Impact of Health Insurance on Stage at Cancer Diagnosis Among Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uninsured adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and those with publicly funded health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at later stages. However, prior population-based studies have not distinguished between AYAs who were continuously uninsured from those who gained Medicaid coverage at the time of cancer diagnosis.

Methods

AYA patients (ages 15-39 years) with nine common cancers diagnosed from 2005 to 2014 were identified using California Cancer Registry data. This cohort was linked to California Medicaid enrollment files to determine continuous enrollment, discontinuous enrollment, or enrollment at diagnosis, with other types of insurance determined from registry data. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate factors associated wi

SUBMITTER: Keegan THM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855930 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature