Studies from University of Windsor Reveal New Findings on Breast Cancer (Breast Cancer Care in California and Ontario)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- New research on Oncology - Breast Cancer is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Windsor, Canada, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Better health care among Canada's socioeconomically vulnerable versus America's has not been fully explained. We examined the effects of poverty, health insurance and the supply of primary care physicians on breast cancer care."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Windsor, "We analyzed breast cancer data in Ontario (n=950) and California (n=6300) between 1996 and 2000 and followed until 2014. We obtained socioeconomic data from censuses, oversampling the poor. We obtained data on the supply of physicians, primary care and specialists. The optimal care criterion was being diagnosed early with node negative disease and received breast conserving surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy. Women in Ontario received more optimal care in communities well supplied by primary care physicians. They were particularly advantaged in the most disadvantaged places: high poverty neighborhoods (rate ratio=1.65) and communities lacking specialist physicians (rate ratio=1.33). Canadian advantages were explained by better health insurance coverage and greater primary care access. Policy makers ought to ensure that the newly insured are adequately insured. The Medicaid program should be expanded, as intended, across all 50 states."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Strengthening America's system of primary care will probably be the best way to ensure that the Affordable Care Act's full benefits are realized."

For more information on this research see: Breast Cancer Care in California and Ontario. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2017;():2150131916686284. (Sage Publications - www.sagepub.com/; Journal of Primary Care & Community Health - jpc.sagepub.com)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from K.M. Gorey, 1 University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Additional authors for this research include C. Hamm, I.N. Luginaah, G. Zou and E.J Holowaty.

Keywords for this news article include: Canada, Windsor, Ontario, Oncology, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Health Insurance, North and Central America.

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