title: Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization.
abstract: Health insurance is associated with increased utilization of cancer screening services. Data on breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screening were abstracted from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System. This data in brief includes two sets of analyses: (i) the use of cancer screening in individuals within the low-income bracket and (ii) determinants for each of the three approaches to colorectal cancer screening (fecal occult blood test, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy+fecal occult blood test). Covariates included education attainment, residency, and access to health care provider. The data supplement our original research article on the effect of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening utilization "The impact of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening behaviors" [1].
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Christian P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jesse D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sammon
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanske
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McNabb-Baltar
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Gally
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reznor
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lipsitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Toni K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Choueiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Quoc-Dien
authors.initials: QD
authors.lastname: Trinh
keywords: Breast cancer; Cancer screening; Colon cancer; Income strata; Medicare; Prostate cancer