TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pulte, Dianne
AU  - Jansen, Lina
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
TI  - Disparities in Colon Cancer Survival by Insurance Type: A Population-Based Analysis.
JO  - Diseases of the colon & rectum
VL  - 61
IS  - 5
SN  - 0012-3706
CY  - Hagerstown, Md.
PB  - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
M1  - DKFZ-2018-00495
SP  - 538 - 546
PY  - 2018
AB  - Colon cancer is a common cancer with a relatively high survival for nonmetastatic disease if appropriate treatment is given. A lower survival rate for patients with no or inadequate insurance has previously been documented, but the differences have not been explored in detail on a population level.The purpose of this study was to examine survival for patients with colon cancer by insurance type.Complete analysis was used to examine 1-, 2-, and 3-year survival rates.This was a population-level analysis.Patients were drawn from the in-patients diagnosed with colon cancer at ages 15 to 64 years between 2007 and 2012 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 18 database by insurance type (Medicaid, uninsured, or other insurance) MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE:: This study measured overall survival.A total of 57,790 cases were included, with insurance information available for 55,432. Of those, 7611 (13.7
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:29624548
DO  - DOI:10.1097/DCR.0000000000001068
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/132852
ER  -