Association of Insurance Status with the Use of Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Women with Breast Cancer

Background:. Our group sought to determine the influence of health insurance coverage on use of immediate breast reconstruction for working-age women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer. Methods:. We used 2 complementary databases, the Texas Cancer Registry–linked Medicaid database and the Mark...

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Main Authors: Dario Pasalic, MD, Jing Jiang, PhD, Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Sharon H. Giordano, MD, MPH, Benjamin D. Smith, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-07-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001360