Prostate Cancer Care Before and After Medicare Eligibility:

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing

Marco D. Huesch¹ 

关键词: uninsured;    cancer;    insurance;    Medicare;    near elderly;    prostate cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1177/0046958016647298

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Prior studies suggest Medicare eligibility confers significant and substantial reductions in mortality and beneficial increases in health service utilization. We compared 13 882 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer at ages 63 to 64 years with 14 774 patients diagnosed at ages 65 to 66 (controls) in 2004 to 2007. Compared with controls, patients diagnosed with prostate cancer before Medicare eligibility had no statistically significant or meaningful differences in cancer stage, time to treatment, or type of treatment.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC