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HMO membership, copayment, and initiation of care for cancer: A study of working adults

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  • Greenwald, H.P.

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This study compares diagnosis and commencement of treatment of cancer among persons with fully financed fee-for-service coverage, persons with copaid fee-for-service coverage, and persons in an HMO (health maintenance organization). A total of 242 subjects actively employed at the time of their diagnosis were interviewed, typically within six months of beginning cancer treatment. After sex, age, income, education, residence (urban vs rural), and disease site and stage had been controlled, those who made copayments were found to have waited an average of 1.25 months longer (95 per cent confidence limit (cl) ± .88) between initial suspicion of illness and obtaining a definitive diagnosis than those with full insurance coverage. Time from diagnosis until the beginning of treatment averaged .83 months longer (95 per cent cl ± .41) for HMO members than those in fee-for-service. These relations were strongest in income categories equal to or exceeding $20,000 per year.

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  • Greenwald, H.P., 1987. "HMO membership, copayment, and initiation of care for cancer: A study of working adults," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 77(4), pages 461-466.
  • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1987:77:4:461-466_9
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