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. 2020 Aug 11;479(3):493–502. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001438

Table 3.

Differences in stage shifts among expanded and non-expanded states, after stratifying for the type of cancer

Category Total sample Expanded states Non-expanded states
Type of cancer Pre-Medicaid expansion (2011-2013) Post-Medicaid expansion (2014-2015) p value Pre-Medicaid expansion (2011-2013) Post-Medicaid expansion (2014-2015) p value Pre-Medicaid expansion (2011-2013) Post-Medicaid expansion (2014-2015) p value
Bone tumors (n = 1196) (n = 869) (n = 955) (n = 701) (n = 241) (n = 168)
< 0.001 0.006 0.01
 Stage I/II 67% (800) 76% (656) 68% (646) 75% (525) 64% (154) 78% (131)
 Stage III/IV 18% (218) 14% (121) 18% (170) 14% (100) 20% (48) 13% (21)
15% (178) 11% (92) 15% (139) 11% (76) 16% (39) 10% (16)
 Unknown stage
Soft-tissue sarcomas (n = 3880) (n = 2805) (n = 3192) (n = 2270) (n = 688) (n = 535)
0.17 0.31 0.47
 Stage I/II 55% (2137) 57% (1608) 55% (1769) 57% (1303) 54% (368) 57% (305)
 Stage III/IV 38% (1461) 36% (1010) 37% (1185) 36% (812) 40% (276) 37% (198)
7% (282) 7% (187) 8% (238) 7% (155) 6% (44) 6% (32)
 Unknown stage