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Delays in breast cancer diagnosis after a state policy limiting Medicaid enrollment
Author(s) -
Subramanian Sujha,
Keating Nancy L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30769
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , breast cancer , limiting , cancer , demography , low income , disease , gerontology , family medicine , demographic economics , health care , economic growth , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering , economics
In this issue of Cancer , Tarazi et al investigate the effects of a state policy that substantially limited Medicaid enrollment on the timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis. They observe a statistically significant increase of 3.3 percentage points in the percentage of women diagnosed with late‐stage disease after the policy change among women living in low‐income versus high‐income areas. See also pages 3312‐9.