Eliminating Medicaid dental benefits and early‐stage oral cancer diagnoses

J Semprini, J Reynolds, WE Zahnd… - Cancer Medicine, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite the importance of regular dental visits for detecting oral cancer, millions
of low‐income adults lack access to dental services. In July 2009, California eliminated adult …

[HTML][HTML] Sex & marital differences in delayed pharyngeal cancer treatment before and after medicaid expansion

J Semprini - Oral Oncology Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective In the United States, pharyngeal cancer has become the most common
type of head and neck cancer, with 80% of cases found in males. Although disparities in …

Explicit inference: A meta‐replication of SEER cancer registry research evaluating the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion

J Semprini - Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Among the provisions within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), expanding Medicaid
was arguably the greatest contributor to increasing access to care. For over a decade …

Late‐Stage Oral Cancer Detection After California and Illinois Restored Medicaid Dental Benefits

JT Semprini - OTO open, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Previous research found an association between California's Medicaid dental
coverage and oral cancer detection. However, this relationship has yet to be explored in …

[HTML][HTML] Head and neck cancer treatment delays in 2021: Estimating distributional effects by site, surgery, and p16-positivity

J Semprini, K Marla - Oral Oncology Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Following decades of policies increasing access to high-quality cancer
treatment, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the US healthcare system. The pandemic's …

Sex and Marital-Status Differences in Delayed Initiation for Pharyngeal Cancer Treatment, Before and After Medicaid Expansion

J Semprini - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background: In the United States, pharyngeal cancer has become the most common type of
head and neck cancer, with 80% of cases found in males. Although disparities in treatment …