Association of Tumor Characteristics With Insurance Type Among Patients Undergoing Mohs Micrographic Surgery for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Little is known about the association between insurance type and tumor or treatment characteristics among patients undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC).

Objective

To investigate whether there are differences in tumor and treatment characteristics among patients undergoing MMS for NMSC by insurance type.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study included patients with NMSC who presented for surgery at an academic MMS practice between May 2017 and May 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Preoperative and postoperative tumor diameters, number of MMS stages, type of closure, and number of high-risk tumors were compared based on insurance type among uninsured and underinsured patients and those

SUBMITTER: Clarke EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature