Acceptance of Simulated Adult Patients With Medicaid Insurance Seeking Care in a Cancer Hospital for a New Cancer Diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although there have been significant increases in the number of US residents insured through Medicaid, the ability of patients with Medicaid to access cancer care services is less well known.

Objective

To assess facility-level acceptance of Medicaid insurance among patients diagnosed with common cancers.

Design, setting, and participants

This national cross-sectional secret shopper study was conducted in 2020 in a random sample of Commission on Cancer-accredited facilities in the United States using a simulated cohort of Medicaid-insured adult patients with colorectal, breast, kidney, and melanoma skin cancer.

Exposures

Telephone call requesting an appointment for a patient with Medicaid with a new cancer diagnosis.

Main outcomes and measures

SUBMITTER: Marks VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9287756 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature