Relationship between insurance status and interhospital transfers among cancer patients in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between insurance status and interhospital transfers has not been adequately researched among cancer patients. Hence this study aimed for understanding this relationship using a nationally representative database.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted using National Inpatient Sample (NIS) data collected during 2010-2016 and included all cancer hospitalization between 18 and 64 years of age. Interhospital transfers were compared based on insurance status (Medicare, Medicaid, private, and uninsured). Weighted multivariable logistic regressions were used to calculate the odds of interhospital transfers based on insurance status, after adjusting for many covariates.

Results

There were 3,580,908 weighted cancer hospitalizations, of whic

SUBMITTER: Rubens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8801067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature