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Medicare and Medicaid
Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center detail research in medicare and medicaid
May 28th, 2007
Researchers detail in "Diagnosis of advanced cancer among elderly Medicare and Medicaid patients," new data in medicare and medicaid. According to a study from the United States, "Medicaid is implicated in late-stage cancer diagnoses, which is the primary indicator of a poor prognosis. We examined Medicaid enrollment and cancer diagnosis in patients ages 66 years and older." "Medicaid enrollment was defined as enrolled 12+ months before diagnosis, enrolled <12 months before diagnosis, and enrolled after diagnosis. Medicaid and Medicare administrative data were merged with the Michigan Tumor Registry to extract a sample of 46,109 patients with a first primary...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2007-05-28)
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