Effects of state-level medicaid policies and patient characteristics on time to breast cancer surgery among medicaid beneficiaries

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 573-581

  Halpern, Michael T ^a,b   Schrag, Deborah ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery; Breast neoplasms; Mastectomy; Medicaid; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECERTIFICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO SURGERY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978910782     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3879-8     Document Type: Article

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