2020
The Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Insurance Status, Stage and Treatment in Patients with Testicular Cancer.
Hsiang W, Han X, Jemal A, Nguyen KA, Shuch B, Park H, Yu JB, Gross CP, Davidoff AJ, Leapman MS. The Association Between the Affordable Care Act and Insurance Status, Stage and Treatment in Patients with Testicular Cancer. Urology Practice 2020, 7: 252-258. PMID: 34017908, PMCID: PMC8130174, DOI: 10.1097/upj.0000000000000109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGerm cell tumorsTesticular germ cell tumorsProportion of patientsAffordable Care ActNon-expansion statesNational Cancer Data BaseExpansion statusState Medicaid expansion statusTesticular cancer patientsAdvanced-stage cancerLate-stage diagnosisLow-income patientsHealth insuranceCare ActMedicaid expansion statesMedicaid expansion statusDisease stageCancer patientsInsurance statusTesticular cancerCell tumorsPost-ACAMedicaid coveragePatientsMedicaid expansion
2019
Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups
Killelea BK, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Pollack CE, Forman HP, Yu J, Xu X, Tannenbaum S, Wang SY, Gross CP. Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups. Breast Cancer 2019, 27: 381-388. PMID: 31792804, PMCID: PMC7512133, DOI: 10.1007/s12282-019-01028-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsLow-income patientsNeedle biopsyOdds ratioHigh-income patientsBreast cancer surgeryMethodsThe SurveillanceCancer surgeryIncome patientsMedicare databaseBiopsy patientsMedicare beneficiariesPatientsBiopsyLow incomeGroupDisparitiesReceiptEnd resultHigher incomeSurgeryPeer groupEpidemiologyFurther workGroup-level effects