2024
Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act and Early Mortality Following Lung Cancer Surgery
Nogueira L, Boffa D, Jemal A, Han X, Yabroff K. Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act and Early Mortality Following Lung Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2351529. PMID: 38214932, PMCID: PMC10787311, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.51529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInsurance CoverageLung NeoplasmsMaleMedicaidMiddle AgedPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesConceptsMedicaid expansion statusNon-small cell lung cancerMedicaid expansion statesMedicaid expansionSurgical resection of non-small cell lung cancerResection of non-small cell lung cancerDifference-in-differencesExpansion statesPatients' state of residenceNonexpansion statesCohort studyAssociation of Medicaid expansionExpansion statusPostoperative mortalityDifference-in-differences analysisStudy population characteristicsState of residenceAffordable Care ActHealth insurance coverageCohort study of patientsSurgical resectionEarly mortalityMain OutcomesAssociated with declinesCancer outcomes
2022
Understanding the Implications of Medicaid Expansion for Cancer Care in the US
Ermer T, Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Li AX, Doonan M, Boffa DJ. Understanding the Implications of Medicaid Expansion for Cancer Care in the US. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 139-148. PMID: 34762101, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthMedicaidMedically UninsuredNeoplasmsPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesConceptsUS cancer populationCancer careMedicaid expansionCancer populationEligibility criteriaHealth policy initiativesHealth policy factorsOncology teamAffordable Care ActInsurance statusOncological careMedicaid coverageExpansion of MedicaidUninsured individualsCancer treatmentInsurance profileCareInterpretation of findingsPatient ProtectionHealth insuranceMedicaidCare ActSignificant changes
2021
Baseline Evaluation of Cancer Mortality in US States that Expanded Medicaid vs Nonexpansion States
Salazar MC, Kaminski MF, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Boffa DJ. Baseline Evaluation of Cancer Mortality in US States that Expanded Medicaid vs Nonexpansion States. JAMA Oncology 2021, 7: 1394-1395. PMID: 34292299, PMCID: PMC8299357, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.2582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansInsurance CoverageMedicaidNeoplasmsPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited States
2020
Evaluation of Cancer Care After Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act
Salazar MC, Canavan ME, Walters SL, Herrin J, Schwartz JL, Leapman M, Boffa DJ. Evaluation of Cancer Care After Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2017544. PMID: 32990734, PMCID: PMC7525361, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.17544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBreast NeoplasmsEligibility DeterminationEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHumansMedicaidMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingNeoplasmsPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActPropensity ScoreUnited States