California University of Science and Medicine Researcher Has Published New Study Findings on Cancer (Influence of Health Insurance Types on Clinical Cancer Care Accessibility and Quality Using All of Us Database): Cancer

2024 APR 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on cancer is now available. According to news originating from Colton, California, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Cancer, as the second leading cause of death in the United States, poses a huge healthcare burden.”

Financial supporters for this research include California University of Science And Medicine.

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from California University of Science and Medicine: “Barriers to access to advanced therapies influence the outcome of cancer treatment. In this study, we examined whether insurance types affect the quality of cancer clinical care. Data for 13,340 cancer patients with Purchased or Medicaid insurance from the All of Us database were collected for this study. The chi-squared test of proportions was employed to determine the significance of patient cohort characteristics and the accessibility of healthcare services between the Purchased and Medicaid insurance groups. Cancer patients who are African American, with lower socioeconomic status, or with lower educational attainment are more likely to be insured by Medicaid. An analysis of the survey questions demonstrated the relationship between income and education level and insurance type, as Medicaid cancer patients were less likely to receive primary care and specialist physician access and more likely to request lower-cost medications.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The inequities of the US healthcare system are observed for cancer patient care; access to physicians and medications is highly varied and dependent on insurance types. Socioeconomic factors further influence insurance types, generating a significant impact on the overall clinical care quality for cancer patients that eventually determines treatment outcomes and the quality of life.”

For more information on this research see: Influence of Health Insurance Types on Clinical Cancer Care Accessibility and Quality Using All of Us Database. Medicina, 2024,60(4). (Medicina - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicina). The publisher for Medicina is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040623.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sedra Tibi, Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, CA 92324, United States. Additional authors for this research include Vivian Tieu, Suat Babayigit, Jun Ling.

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