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
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