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SUBMITTER: Silva A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544537 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Silva Abigail A Molina Yamile Y Hunt Bijou B Markossian Talar T Saiyed Nazia N
Cancer epidemiology 20170609
<h4>Introduction</h4>The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) preventive services provision (PSP) removes copayments for preventive services such as cancer screening. We examined: 1) whether a shift in breast cancer stage occurred, and 2) the impact of the provision on racial/ethnic disparities in stage.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Data from the National Cancer Database were used. The pre- and post-PSP periods were identified as 2007-2009 and 2011-2013, respectively. Proportion differences (PDs) and 95% ...[more]