Medicaid expansion is associated with increased 1-year survival for primary malignant brain tumors

M Dmukauskas, G Cioffi, C Neff, M Price… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The affordable care act provision to expand access to Medicaid (Medicaid expansion, or
ME) increased insurance coverage among individuals with cancer. Increasing evidence …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of individual-level income predicted from the BRFSS on the association between insurance status and overall survival among adults with cancer …

JM Barnes, KJ Johnson, N Osazuwa-Peters… - Cancer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Among patients with cancer in the United States, Medicaid insurance is
associated with worse outcomes than private insurance and with similar outcomes as being …

The Socioeconomic Distressed Communities Index Predicts 90-Day Mortality Among Intracranial Tumor Patients

S Chakravarti, CC Kuo, A Oak, S Ranganathan… - World neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is a major determinant of quality of life and
outcomes. However, SES remains difficult to measure comprehensively. Distress …

Intracranial Gliosarcoma: A National Cancer Database Survey of Clinical Predictors for Overall Survival

VS Bachu, D Alem, M Jimenez, K Lehner, JL Porras… - World neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Gliosarcoma (GSM) is a variant of glioblastoma, 1 of the most common and
aggressive primary brain tumors in adults. Our study seeks to analyze a large cohort of …

Disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma survival by Medicaid-status: A national population-based risk analysis

EJ Kim, A Ganga, JY Lee, RS Zawadzki… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies have demonstrated disparities in survival surrounding
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) across a variety of socio-demographic factors; however, the …