What does Medicaid expansion mean for cancer screening and prevention? Results from a randomized trial on the impacts of acquiring Medicaid coverage

Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 791-797

  Wright, Bill J ^a   Conlin, Alison K ^b   Allen, Heidi L ^c   Tsui, Jennifer ^d   Carlson, Matthew J ^e   Li, Hsin Fang ^a  

^a Center for Outcomes Research and Education   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early detection of cancer; health behavior; health insurance; health status; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INSURANCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASMS; OCCULT BLOOD; OREGON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCULT BLOOD; OREGON; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958904002     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29802     Document Type: Article

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