Association of Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Survival
JAMA OncologyPublished 15 May 2020Open access
Ying Liu, Graham A. Colditz, Benjamin D. Kozower, Aimee S. James, Tracy Greever-Rice, Chester Schmaltz
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It is hypothesized that Medicaid expansion was associated with improved population-level survival in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and it remains unknown if Medicaid expansion improved lung cancer survival.
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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.
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Economics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth Professions
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