Affiliation:
1. Department of Radiation Oncology Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA
2. Department of Radiation Oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer New York New York USA
3. Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta Georgia USA
4. Department of Urology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta Georgia USA
5. Department of Radiation Oncology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami Florida USA
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundDelayed access to care may contribute to disparities in prostate cancer (PCa). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed at increasing access and reducing healthcare disparities, but its impact on timely treatment initiation for PCa men is unknown.MethodsMen with intermediate‐ and high‐risk PCa diagnosed 2010–2016 and treated with curative surgery or radiotherapy were identified in the National Cancer Database. Multivariable logistic regression modeled the effect of race and insurance type on treatment delay >180 days after diagnosis. Cochran–Armitage test measured annual trends in delays, and joinpoint regression assessed if 2014, the year the ACA became fully operationalized, was significant for inflection in crude rates of major delays.ResultsOf 422,506 eligible men, 18,720 (4.4%) experienced >180‐day delay in treatment initiation. Compared to White patients, Black (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.72–1.87, p < 0.001) and Hispanic (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.28–1.48, p < 0.001) patients had higher odds of delay. Compared to uninsured, those with Medicaid had no difference in odds of delay (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.84–1.06, p = 0.31), while those with private insurance (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.52–0.63, p < 0.001) or Medicare (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.58–0.70, p < 0.001) had lower odds of delay. Mean time to treatment significantly increased from 2010 to 2016 across all racial/ethnic groups (trend p < 0.001); 2014 was associated with a significant inflection for increase in rates of major delays.ConclusionsNon‐White and Medicaid‐insured men with localized PCa are at risk of treatment delays in the United States. Treatment delays have been consistently rising, particularly after implementation of the ACA.
Subject
Cancer Research,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Oncology
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