Kirsten Eom

Jul 26, 2023 | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kirsten Eom |Siran M. Koroukian |Weichuan Dong |Uriel Kim

Background Many studies compare state-level outcomes to estimate changes attributable to Medicaid expansion. However, it is imperative to conduct more granular, demographic-level analyses to inform current efforts on cancer prevention among low-income adults. Therefore, the authors compared the volume of patients with cancer and disease stage at diagnosis in Ohio, which expanded its Medicaid coverage in 2014, with those in Georgia, a nonexpansion state, by cancer site and health insurance status.

Jun 17, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kirsten Eom |Scott Rothenberger |Marian P. Jarlenski |Robert Schoen

4 DISCUSSION Using Pennsylvania Medicaid administrative claims data from 2015 to 2019, we estimated the proportions of individuals who were newly enrolled continuously in Medicaid and have received CRC testing services and examined individual- and area-level factors associated with CRC testing in the post-ACA expansion.