The impact of Medicaid expansion on the receipt of multimodal treatment for early-stage pancreatic cancer: Kentucky Cancer Registry Analysis.

Authors

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Amina Dhahri

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Amina Dhahri, Bin Huang, Bilal Shaikh, Jennifer Torres Yee, Jessica Jane Moss, Snigdha Nutalapati, Zhonglin Hao, Reema Anil Patel

Organizations

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY, Department of Medical Oncology, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, Department of Medical Oncology University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY

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No funding received
None.

Background: Health equity is one main goal of the Affordable Care Act. In early stages of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), multimodal treatment (MT)—surgical resection and chemotherapy—is the only potentially curative option that improves overall survival (OS). The goal of this study is to use the Kentucky Cancer Registry (KCR) to identify the impact of Medicaid expansion on the treatment and outcomes on PDAC. Methods: We identified patients between the age of 20 and 65 years old who were diagnosed with stage I and II PDAC between 2010 to 2021 using the KCR. Years 2010-2013 were considered pre-expansion and 2014-2021 post-expansion. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression is utilized to evaluate factors associated with receipt of MT. Results: We identified a total of 659 patients with PDAC: 242 in the pre-expansion and 417 post expansion groups. Medicaid expansion in Kentucky has led to a significant increase in receipt of MT among patient with stage II PADC and Medicaid coverage 10.7% vs 22.3%. The post-expansion number of uninsured PDAC patients decreased from 10.3% to 3.1%. Post expansion PDAC patients had higher odds of MT receipt, but this was not significant (OR, 1.374; 95% CI 0.97-1.94). No change in OS was noted between the two periods (HR 0.939, 95% CI 0.78-1.122). Conclusions: Medicaid expansion was associated with increased insurance coverage for patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer and higher odds of receipt of MT, though this was not statistically significant. Additional research is needed to identify the breadth of the impact of Medicaid expansion and additional drivers of PDAC disparities.

Difference-in-difference analysis of receipt of multimodal treatment for PADC patients pre and post Medicaid expansion.

Pre-expansion
2010-2013
Post-expansion
2014-2021
Descriptive
p value
Gender0.04
Male139 (57.4)224 (53.7)
Female103 (42.6)193 (46.3)
Age0.35
20-2901 (0.24)
30-396 (2.5)4 (0.96)
40-4930 (12.4)46 (11)
50-64206 (85.1)366 (87.7)
Race0.09
White214 (88.4)374 (61.4)
AA28 (31.6)37 (38.6)
Others06 (1.44)
Stage<0.0001
I29 (12)128 (31)
II213 (88)289 (69)
Poverty level0.35
Very High70 (29)95 (22.8)
High59 (24.4)115(27.6)
Low66(27.3)117 (28.1)
Very low47 (19.4)90 (21.58)
Insurance<0.0001
Medicaid26 (10.7)93 (22.3)
Medicare45 (18.6)101 (24.2)
Private133 (54.9)199 (47.7)
No insurance25 (10.3)13 (3.1)
Other13 (5.37)11 (2.6)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A

Track

Quality, Safety, and Implementation Science,Cost, Value, and Policy,Patient Experience,Survivorship

Sub Track

Value-Based Models of Care

Citation

JCO Oncol Pract 19, 2023 (suppl 11; abstr 71)

DOI

10.1200/OP.2023.19.11_suppl.71

Abstract #

71

Poster Bd #

C24

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