CANCER RELATED OUTCOMES IN VULNERABLE WOMEN

符合医疗补助条件的妇女从定义上讲是社会经济弱势群体，是人口中最脆弱的群体之一。这一群体中的妇女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阶段，治疗和生存方面的差异，包括医疗补助状态，管理式护理状态，种族和进行初始癌症治疗的医院类型。该分析将使用一个数据库，该数据库将通过将来自州癌症登记处、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.