2012
Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis
Keating NL, Kouri EM, He Y, West DW, Winer EP. Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Cancer 2012, 119: 250-258. PMID: 22833148, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBreast NeoplasmsCaliforniaFemaleHealth Care ReformHumansInsurance, HealthMammographyMassachusettsMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingConceptsPropensity-weighted cohortsMammography ratesStage I breast cancerBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyInsurance expansionStage I cancerI breast cancerBreast cancer stageCancer registry dataUse of mammographyRate of diagnosisRates of mammographyPropensity score analysisRates of uninsuranceHigher uninsurance ratesBreast cancer diagnosisHealth insurance expansionsI cancerCancer stageBreast cancerMammography useRegistry dataCalifornia womenMassachusetts womenDiagnosis
2010
The association of race/ethnicity, insurance status, and socioeconomic factors with breast cancer care
Freedman RA, Virgo KS, He Y, Pavluck AL, Winer EP, Ward EM, Keating NL. The association of race/ethnicity, insurance status, and socioeconomic factors with breast cancer care. Cancer 2010, 117: 180-189. PMID: 20939011, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlack PeopleBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyEthnicityFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHormonesHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthMastectomyRacial GroupsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantSocial ClassSocioeconomic FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsDefinitive locoregional therapyHormone receptor testingArea-level socioeconomic statusBreast cancer careRace/ethnicityHormonal therapyLocoregional therapyReceptor testingSocioeconomic statusCancer careHispanic womenAdjuvant hormonal therapyAdjuvant systemic therapyInvasive breast cancerBreast cancer patientsMultivariate logistic regressionBreast cancer treatmentReceipt of careEligible patientsSystemic therapyBlack raceCancer patientsInsurance statusNational cohortBreast cancer