New report underscores importance of health insurance status and cancer stage at diagnosis and survival: American Cancer Society
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The analysis showed people without health insurance coverage were more likely to have a later-stage cancer diagnosis than people with private health insurance coverage. Also, people without health insurance coverage were more likely to have worse short- and long-term survival rates after a cancer diagnosis than people with private health insurance coverage.
Compared to privately insured individuals diagnosed with Stage II cancer, uninsured individuals diagnosed with Stage I cancer had worse survival rates for 6 cancer sites - prostate, colorectal, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, oral cavity, liver, and esophagus. In multivariable analyses, individuals without health insurance had worse survival than their privately insured counterparts within each stage for all the 19 cancers combined and for 14 of 19 cancer sites.
“Our study adds to the accumulating evidence showing access to comprehensive health insurance coverage is crucial to improving cancer care and outcomes,” says Dr.
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