The Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Cancer Screening Utilization

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 842-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
JaMuir M. Robinson ◽  
Vickie Shavers
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage

scholarly journals The Influences of Health Insurance and Access to Information on Prostate Cancer Screening among Men in Dominican Republic

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Kangmennaang ◽  
Isaac Luginaah
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
Binary Logit ◽  
Binary Logit Regression

Objectives.Although research demonstrates the public health burden of prostate cancer among men in the Caribbean, relatively little is known about the factors that underlie the low levels of testing for the disease among this population.Study Design.A cross-sectional study of prostate cancer testing behaviours among men aged 40–60 years in Dominican Republic using the Demographic and Health Survey (2013).Methods.We use hierarchical binary logit regression models and average treatment effects combined with propensity score matching to explore the determinants of prostate screening as well as the average effect of health insurance coverage on screening. The use of hierarchical binary logit regression enabled us to control for the effect of unobserved heterogeneity at the cluster level that may affect prostate cancer testing behaviours.Results.Screening varied significantly with health insurance coverage, knowledge of cholesterol level, education, and wealth. Insured men were more likely to test for prostate cancer (OR = 1.65,p=0.01) compared to the uninsured.Conclusions.The expansion and restructuring of Dominican Republic universal health insurance scheme to ensure equity in access may improve health access that would potentially impact positively on prostate cancer screening among men.

scholarly journals The Impact of Medicare Health Insurance Coverage on Lung Cancer Screening

Medical Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiren Sun ◽  
Marcelo Coca Perraillon ◽  
Rebecca Myerson
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Lung Cancer Screening ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
The Impact

Accuracy in Self-Reported Health Insurance Coverage among Medicaid Enrollees

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Thiede Call ◽  
Gestur Davidson ◽  
Michael Davern ◽  
E. Richard Brown ◽  
Jennifer Kincheloe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Insurance Status ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Reporting Error ◽  
Reported Health

The largest portion of the Medicaid undercount is caused by survey reporting error—that is, Medicaid recipients misreport their enrollment in health insurance coverage surveys. In this study, we sampled known Medicaid enrollees to learn how they respond to health insurance questions and to document correlates of accurate and inaccurate reports. We found that Medicaid enrollees are fairly accurate reporters of insurance status and type of coverage, but some do report being uninsured. Multivariate analyses point to the prominent role of program-related factors in the accuracy of reports. Our findings suggest that the Medicaid undercount should not undermine confidence in survey-based estimates of uninsurance.

scholarly journals Influence of health insurance coverage on breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care settings

Cancer ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 118 (24) ◽  
pp. 6217-6225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Carney ◽  
Jean O'Malley ◽  
David I. Buckley ◽  
Motomi Mori ◽  
David A. Lieberman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Rural Primary Care ◽  
Primary Care Settings

scholarly journals Individual Health Insurance within the Family: Can Subsidies Promote Family Coverage?

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanika Kapur ◽  
José J. Escarce ◽  
M. Susan Marquis
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Plan ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Implementation Cost ◽  
Household Data ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Decisions

This paper examines the role of price in health insurance coverage decisions within the family to guide policy in promoting whole family coverage. We analyze the factors that affect individual health insurance coverage among families, and explore family decisions about whom to cover and whom to leave uninsured. The analysis uses household data from California combined with abstracted individual health plan benefit and premium data. We find that premium subsidies for individual insurance would increase family coverage; however, their effect likely would be small relative to their implementation cost.

scholarly journals Health Insurance Coverage Mandates: Colorectal Cancer Screening in the Post-ACA Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Michael A. Preston ◽  
Levi Ross ◽  
Askar Chukmaitov ◽  
Sharla A. Smith ◽  
Michelle L. Odlum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Colorectal Cancer Screening ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage
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