2024
Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-insured Patients With Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Demkowicz P, Buck M, Nie J, Marks V, Wheeler S, Dinan M, Gross C, Leapman M. Changes in Facility Share of Medicaid-insured Patients With Urologic Cancers Following Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Urology 2024, 192: 19-27. PMID: 38901803, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFacility-level changesAffordable Care ActNon-expansion statesUrological cancer patientsProportion of patientsExpansion statesBaseline proportion of patientsUrologic cancer careHigh-income zip codesCancer patientsFactors associated with changesPre-post designCancer care centerPost-ACA periodMedicaid expansion statesMultivariate logistic regressionMedicaid-insured patientsCancer careUrological cancersZip codesCare ActMedicaid patientsMedicaidLogistic regressionCare center
2023
Access to urologic cancer care for Medicaid-insured patients
Laditi F, Nie J, Hsiang W, Umer W, Haleem A, Marks V, Buck M, Leapman M. Access to urologic cancer care for Medicaid-insured patients. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2023, 41: 206.e21-206.e27. PMID: 36740488, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrologic cancer careCancer careMedicaid insuranceMedicaid acceptanceAcceptance of MedicaidPrimary study outcomeNew Medicaid patientsMedicaid expansion statusNon-expansion statesState Medicaid programsMedicare reimbursement ratesAffordable Care ActVulnerable patientsMedicaid patientsHospital statusKidney tumorsNew diagnosisPatientsHealthcare accessExpansion statusFacility characteristicsNon-teaching facilitiesStudy outcomesAmerican Hospital DirectoryMedicaid
2021
Change in facility-level share of Medicaid patients with cancer following implementation of the affordable care act.
Buck M, Demkowicz P, Nie J, Marks V, Salazar M, Kenney P, Boffa D, Leapman M. Change in facility-level share of Medicaid patients with cancer following implementation of the affordable care act. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: e18543-e18543. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.e18543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProportion of MedicaidAffordable Care ActMedicaid patientsMedicaid expansionFacility-level changesFacility-level policiesNational Cancer DatabasePrimary study endpointProportion of patientsInsurance coverageMultivariable logistic regressionExpansion statesCare ActFacility-level factorsMedicaid expansion statesNon-expansion statesAdult patientsStudy endpointAdjusted differenceCancer DatabaseMedicaid populationEligible facilitiesPatientsCancerLogistic regressionAccess to cancer care for Medicaid patients at cancer hospitals in the United States.
Marks V, Hsiang W, Nie J, Buck M, Demkowicz P, Umer W, Haleem A, Galal B, Pak I, Kim D, Kenney P, Leapman M. Access to cancer care for Medicaid patients at cancer hospitals in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 6548-6548. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.6548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable logistic regressionCancer careAffordable Care ActCancer typesMedicaid acceptanceMedicaid patientsSkin cancerComprehensive community cancer centerLogistic regressionFacility-level differencesCommunity cancer centerBreast cancer careHospital-level variationHospital registry dataFacility-level characteristicsMedicaid Services dataMedicaid accessUnivariable statisticsCancer HospitalCancer CenterRegistry dataAmerican Hospital AssociationNew diagnosisPatientsHospital