2019
Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care
Mahal A, Chavez J, Yang D, Kim D, Cole A, Hu J, Trinh Q, Yu J, Nguyen P, Mahal B. Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Expansion on Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 43: 163-167. PMID: 31904711, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0000000000000588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAffordable Care ActAffordable Care Act implementationMedicaid expansionUninsured rateCare ActInsurance coverageInsurance coverage gapsMultivariate logistic regressionCoverage gapSocioeconomic disparitiesCare objectivesSociodemographic disparitiesRacial disparitiesLow-incomeNonelderly adultsLogistic regressionMedicaidBlack patientsDisparitiesEarly impactInsurancePotential benefitsPatientsCancerAffordability
2017
Prostate cancer outcomes for men aged younger than 65 years with Medicaid versus private insurance
Mahal A, Mahal B, Nguyen P, Yu J. Prostate cancer outcomes for men aged younger than 65 years with Medicaid versus private insurance. Cancer 2017, 124: 752-759. PMID: 29084350, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer-specific mortalityMetastatic diseaseCancer-specific mortalityProstate cancer outcomesOutcomes of patientsMedicaid insuranceEnd Results ProgramReceipt of therapyStage of diseaseAfrican American patientsInsurance statusPrivately insured cohortDefinitive treatmentProstate cancerLocalized CaPResults ProgramPrivate insuranceCAP outcomesCancer outcomesAmerican patientsPatientsProstateRacial disparitiesAssociated with raceAssociated with racial disparities