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SUBMITTER: Wharam JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7268048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wharam J Frank JF Zhang Fang F Wallace Jamie J Lu Christine C Earle Craig C Soumerai Stephen B SB Nekhlyudov Larissa L Ross-Degnan Dennis D
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20190301 3
The effects of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among vulnerable populations are unknown. We examined time to first breast cancer diagnostic testing, diagnosis, and chemotherapy among a group of women whose employers switched their insurance coverage from health plans with low deductibles ($500 or less) to plans with high deductibles ($1,000 or more) between 2004 and 2014. Primary subgroups of interest comprised 54,403 low-income and 76,776 high-incom ...[more]