Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization

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 in Brief (Jun 2016)

Data on Medicare eligibility and cancer screening utilization

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

Affiliations

Christian P. Meyer: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Christopher B. Allard: Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Jesse D. Sammon: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Julian Hanske: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Julia McNabb-Baltar: Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Joel E. Goldberg: Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Gally Reznor: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Stuart R. Lipsitz: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Toni K. Choueiri: Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Paul L. Nguyen: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Joel S. Weissman: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Quoc-Dien Trinh: Center 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.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 679 – 681

Abstract

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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

Published in Data in Brief

ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/

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