CANCER RELATED OUTCOMES IN VULNERABLE WOMEN

根据定义，符合医疗补助资格的妇女在社会经济上处于不利地位，是人口中最脆弱的群体之一。这一群体的女性患晚期癌症的风险特别高，这反过来又与不良后果有关。该研究旨在分析乳腺癌和宫颈癌患者在分期、治疗和生存方面的差异，包括医疗补助状况、管理护理状况、种族和最初接受癌症治疗的医院类型。分析将使用一个数据库，该数据库将通过将州癌症登记处、俄亥俄州癌症发病率监测系统（OCISS）的记录与州医疗补助数据和俄亥俄州死亡证明的记录联系起来而构建。

Medicaid eligible women, who by definition are socioeconomically disadvantaged, represent one of the most vulnerable segments of the population. Women in this group are at a particularly high risk of presenting with advanced stages of cancer, which in turn is associated with adverse outcomes. The study is designed to analyze disparities among breast and cervical cancer patients in stage, treatment, and survival, by Medicaid status, managed care status, race, and the type of hospital where initial cancer treatment is administered. The analysis will use a database that will be constructed by linking records from the state cancer registry, the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS), to those of state Medicaid data and Ohio Death Certificates.