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Comparing ACL Reconstruction Postoperative Outcomes in Medicaid versus Private Insurance Patients: Is There a Difference?

Objectives: There has been growing evidence that insurance status is a major indicator of postoperative outcomes, which has been extensively reported in orthopedic procedures such as shoulder and knee arthroplasty. Patients with Medicaid public insurance had increased complications, longer lengths of stay, and increased costs compared with patients who had…

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Elective Hand Surgery Is Delayed among Private Insurance Holders

Objectives: Patients with private healthcare plans often defer nonemergent or elective procedures toward the end of the year once they have met their deductible. No previous studies have evaluated how insurance status and hospital setting may affect surgical timing for upper extremity procedures. Our study aimed to evaluate the influence…

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Late-Stage Melanoma: Be Sure to Screen Uninsured, Unmarried Men

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess for any associations between individual and social factors and late-stage melanoma in Kentucky from 1995 to 2013. Methods: The study combines three datasets: individual-level data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry, census tract–level data from the US Census, and county-level physician licensure…

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