Medicaid enrollment associated with higher risk of cancer death

Medical Xpress October 28, 2024
Neil Schoenherr, Washington University in St. Louis

Enrollment in Medicaid was associated with higher risk of death from a central nervous system (CNS) tumor, with an almost two-fold higher risk for young CNS tumor patients enrolled at diagnosis, finds a study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

“We found a higher risk for those insured through Medicaid than for those not enrolled in Medicaid,” said Kimberly Johnson, a professor and lead author of the paper “Associations between central nervous system tumor diagnosis stage and survival and Medicaid enrollment among children, adolescents, and young adults,” published in October in the journal Neuro-Oncology Practice.

“These findings are consistent with our previous findings and the findings of many other researchers,” she said. “I think that Medicaid...

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