Early- and Late-Stage Cancer Diagnosis Under 3 Years of Medicaid Expansion.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health insurance expansions may increase early detection of cancer and reduce late-stage cancer incidence. The study assesses the effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions on rates of early- and late-stage cancer diagnosis up to 3 years after implementation.

Methods

Population-based quasi-experimental analysis of nonelderly adults was conducted in 732 counties from the 2010-2016 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program cancer registry data. Multivariate event study regressions were estimated to compare annual changes in county-level rates of cancer diagnoses in states that expanded Medicaid with those that did not. Data analysis was performed from May to October 2019.

Results

Medicaid expansion was associated with an increase in ea

SUBMITTER: Lin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7750288 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature