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Private Insurance Linked to Better Outcomes in Follicular Lymphoma
Goldstein JS et al. Blood. 2018 Jul 24. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-03-839035.
Key clinical point: Insurance status is significantly associated with survival disparities in patients with follicular lymphoma.
Major finding: The risk for death among patients under age 65 with no insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare was nearly twice that of similar patients with private health insurance.
Study details: Review of data on 43,648 patients with follicular lymphoma in the National Cancer Database.
Disclosures: The study was supported by Emory University, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Dr. Flowers reported financial relationships with AbbVie, Spectrum, Celgene, and several other companies. The other authors reported having nothing to disclose.
Goldstein JS et al. Blood. 2018 Jul 24. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-03-839035.