Open AccessAssociation of Insurance Expansion With Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer
Author(s) -
Andrew P. Loehrer,
Shilpa S. Murthy,
Zirui Song,
Carrie C. Lubitz,
Benjamin C. James
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0461
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , papillary thyroid cancer , thyroidectomy , cancer , cohort , medicaid , health care , thyroid , demography , sociology , economics , economic growth
To our knowledge, thyroid cancer incidence is increasing faster than any other cancer type and is currently the fifth most common cancer among women. While this rise is likely multifactorial, there has been scarce consideration of the effect of insurance statuses on the treatment of thyroid cancer.
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