Socioeconomic and Demographic Variation in Insurance Coverage Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer After the Affordable Care Act
Panth N, Barnes J, Sethi RKV, Varvares MA, Peters N. Socioeconomic and Demographic Variation in Insurance Coverage Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer After the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2019, 145: 1144-1149. PMID: 31670798, PMCID: PMC6824226, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.2724.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthLinear ModelsMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsLow-income zip codesNational Cancer DatabasePercentage of patientsAffordable Care ActInsurance statusUninsured statusNeck cancerUninsured patientsACA periodZip codesSignificant associationHospital-based cancer registryHigh-income zip codesRetrospective cohort studyInsurance coverageCare ActHealth insurance statusPercentage point decreaseHNC populationCohort studyPrimary HNCCancer RegistryCancer DatabaseEarly diagnosisMAIN OUTCOMEInsurance status, stage of presentation, and survival among female patients with head and neck cancer
Panth N, Simpson MC, Sethi RKV, Varvares MA, Osazuwa‐Peters N. Insurance status, stage of presentation, and survival among female patients with head and neck cancer. The Laryngoscope 2019, 130: 385-391. PMID: 30900256, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth insurance statusInsurance statusNeck cancerIncidence trendsFemale patientsGray proportional hazards modelsAdvanced stage HNCAdvanced stage presentationDisease-specific survivalEnd Results (SEER) databaseRetrospective cohort studyLate-stage diseaseOutcome of headStage of presentationProportional hazards modelJoinpoint regression analysisStage IV HNCStage diseaseCohort studyResults databaseHNC patientsPrimary headHazards modelPatientsMedicaid