Does increasing insurance improve outcomes for US cancer patients?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-20

  Smith, Jillian K ^a   Ng, Sing Chau ^b   Zhou, Zheng ^a   Carroll, James E ^a   McDade, Theodore P ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer directed surgery; Insurance; Outcomes; Stage at diagnosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CANCER-DIRECTED SURGERY; INSURANCE; OUTCOMES; STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886730318     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.05.058     Document Type: Article

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