Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization

Health insurance is associated with increased utilization of cancer screening services. Data on breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screening were abstracted from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System. This data in brief includes two sets of analyses: (i) the use of cancer scree...

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Main Authors:	Christian P. Meyer, Christopher B. Allard, Jesse D. Sammon, Julian Hanske, Julia McNabb-Baltar, Joel E. Goldberg, Gally Reznor, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Toni K. Choueiri, Paul L. Nguyen, Joel S. Weissman, Quoc-Dien Trinh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:	Data in Brief
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916300713

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spelling	doaj-eaada7c1ca774bc5973fbbe5c1003b342020-11-25T01:10:24ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092016-06-017679681Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilizationChristian P. Meyer0Christopher B. Allard1Jesse D. Sammon2Julian Hanske3Julia McNabb-Baltar4Joel E. Goldberg5Gally Reznor6Stuart R. Lipsitz7Toni K. Choueiri8Paul L. Nguyen9Joel S. Weissman10Quoc-Dien Trinh11Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USADivision of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Surgery, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USADepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Corresponding author at: Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, 45 Francis St., 02115 Boston, MA, USA. Tel.: +1 617 525 7350; fax: +1 617 525 6348.Health insurance is associated with increased utilization of cancer screening services. Data on breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screening were abstracted from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System. This data in brief includes two sets of analyses: (i) the use of cancer screening in individuals within the low-income bracket and (ii) determinants for each of the three approaches to colorectal cancer screening (fecal occult blood test, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy+fecal occult blood test). Covariates included education attainment, residency, and access to health care provider. The data supplement our original research article on the effect of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening utilization “The impact of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening behaviors” [1]. Keywords: Cancer screening, Medicare, Colon cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer, Income stratahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916300713
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author	Christian P. Meyer Christopher B. Allard Jesse D. Sammon Julian Hanske Julia McNabb-Baltar Joel E. Goldberg Gally Reznor Stuart R. Lipsitz Toni K. Choueiri Paul L. Nguyen Joel S. Weissman Quoc-Dien Trinh
spellingShingle	Christian P. Meyer Christopher B. Allard Jesse D. Sammon Julian Hanske Julia McNabb-Baltar Joel E. Goldberg Gally Reznor Stuart R. Lipsitz Toni K. Choueiri Paul L. Nguyen Joel S. Weissman Quoc-Dien Trinh Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization Data in Brief
author_facet	Christian P. Meyer Christopher B. Allard Jesse D. Sammon Julian Hanske Julia McNabb-Baltar Joel E. Goldberg Gally Reznor Stuart R. Lipsitz Toni K. Choueiri Paul L. Nguyen Joel S. Weissman Quoc-Dien Trinh
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title	Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
title_short	Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
title_full	Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
title_fullStr	Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
title_full_unstemmed	Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization
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publisher	Elsevier
series	Data in Brief
issn	2352-3409
publishDate	2016-06-01
description	Health insurance is associated with increased utilization of cancer screening services. Data on breast, prostate and colorectal cancer screening were abstracted from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor and Surveillance System. This data in brief includes two sets of analyses: (i) the use of cancer screening in individuals within the low-income bracket and (ii) determinants for each of the three approaches to colorectal cancer screening (fecal occult blood test, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy+fecal occult blood test). Covariates included education attainment, residency, and access to health care provider. The data supplement our original research article on the effect of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening utilization “The impact of Medicare eligibility on cancer screening behaviors” [1]. Keywords: Cancer screening, Medicare, Colon cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer, Income strata
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916300713
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Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization

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