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Impact Of Health Insurance And Sociodemographic Characteristics On Survival For Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer In Kentucky, Pramila Rai
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
Introduction Objective of the study was to explore the impact of health insurance and socio-demographic factors on survival for breast cancer patients in Kentucky. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women in the US. Breast cancer survival is affected by various factors including health insurance, residence, age, race, geographical distance, income.
Methods The data were obtained from Kentucky Cancer Registry and included 47,128 women diagnosed with primary breast cancer between 2000 to 2014. The relationship of health insurance and other socio-demographic factors was analyzed using Cox regression.
ResultsThe overall five-year survival proportion was 0.97, 0.76 and 0.71 …