Open AccessEarly Medicaid Expansion and Cancer Mortality
Author(s) -
Justin M. Barnes,
Kimberly Johnson,
Eric Adjei Boakye,
Lidia Schapira,
Tomi Akinyemiju,
Eliza M. Park,
Evan M. Graboyes,
Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/djab135
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , pancreatic cancer , cancer , confidence interval , demography , mortality rate , health care , sociology , economics , economic growth
Although Medicaid expansion is associated with decreased uninsured rates and earlier cancer diagnoses, no study has demonstrated an association between Medicaid expansion and cancer mortality. Our primary objective was to quantify the relationship between early Medicaid expansion and changes in cancer mortality rates.