title: Medicaid enrollment at early stage of disease: the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act in Georgia.
abstract: This study linked data from the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry to Medicaid enrollment and claims to test whether the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA), which provided a new and quicker pathway to Medicaid eligibility for low-income breast cancer patients, led to more patients enrolling at an early stage of disease. Results based on difference-in-differences analysis indicated that Georgia's BCCPTA increased by 11 percentage points the probability of breast cancer patients enrolling in Medicaid at an early stage (p = .024). This effect could mean more treatment options and higher survival rates for these patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University.
authors.forename: Li-Nien
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: E Kathleen
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*