Impact of Medicaid expansion on racial disparities among patients with gastrointestinal cancer
Medicaid expansion was associated with a greater reduction in 2-year mortality rates among Black patients residing in MES compared to those residing in non-MES. Existing racial disparities in mortality remained the same or worsened in non-MES but were mitigated in MES following Medicaid expansion in almost all comparisons.
Authors
- Rebecca A. Snyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-2481)
- Chung‐Yuan Hu
- George J. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9758-5361)
- Sandra R. DiBrito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-7065)
- Joshua Herb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0503-3739)
- Naveen Manisundaram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2532-3247)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Albany Medical Center Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35879
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13