Delay to timely treatment in locally advanced cervical cancer: insurance inequities in access to gynecologic oncology
Medicaid insurance was independently associated with lower odds of timely cervical cancer treatment, driven largely by delays between biopsy and staging. These findings underscore the need for targeted interventions to address insurance-mediated barriers to initiation of care, which may include screening and addressing unmet health-related social needs and social risks.
Authors
- Katherine C. Fuh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7693-2694)
- Lee-may Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3370-0161)
- Stephanie Cham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-255X)
- Jocelyn Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4260-3016)
- Megan Swanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0881-7923)
- I‐Chow Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3113-121X)
- Jessica Liang
- Edwin Alvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9121-0833)
- Audrey Mvemba
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (US)
- Asian Health Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2025.02.032
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.52
Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development