Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Survival

Ying Liu; Graham A Colditz; Benjamin D Kozower; Aimee James; Tracy Greever-Rice; Chester Schmaltz; Min Lian

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.1040

Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Survival

JAMA Oncol. 2020 Aug 1;6(8):1289-1290. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.1040.

Authors

Ying Liu^{1

2}, Graham A Colditz^{1

2}, Benjamin D Kozower^{1

2}, Aimee James^{1

2}, Tracy Greever-Rice³, Chester Schmaltz⁴, Min Lian^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
² Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri, Columbia.
⁴ Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia.
⁵ Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

Abstract

This cohort study uses Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data to assess if Medicaid expansion is associated with improved population-level survival in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

MeSH terms

Adult
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / mortality*
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / therapy
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Lung Neoplasms / mortality*
Lung Neoplasms / therapy
Male
Medicaid*
Medically Uninsured
Middle Aged
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act*
United States
Young Adult

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding