Cancer patients insured by California’s health plan for low-income people are less likely to get recommended treatment and also have lower survival rates than patients with other types of insurance, according to a new study by University of California-Davis researchers.
While other studies have linked Medicaid insurance status to worse cancer outcomes, the UC-Davis study appears to be the first to examine the impact of various kinds of health insurance across more than one kind of cancer.
Source: Cancer patients on Medi-Cal fare worse than others – California Health Report
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