Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act With Stage at Diagnosis and Time to Treatment Initiation for Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicaid expansions as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are associated with decreases in the percentage of uninsured patients who have received a new diagnosis of cancer. Little is known about the association of Medicaid expansions with stage at diagnosis and time to treatment initiation (TTI) for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Objective

To determine the association of Medicaid expansions as part of the ACA with stage at diagnosis and TTI for patients with HNSCC.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted at Commission on Cancer-accredited facilities among 90 789 patients identified from the National Cancer Database aged 18 to 64 years with HNSCC that was diagnosed d

SUBMITTER: Sineshaw HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990851 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature