Grover S A, Cook E F, Goldman L
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Am J Public Health. 1988 Jan;78(1):58-60. doi: 10.2105/ajph.78.1.58.
In an analysis of 23 sex-specific tumors in the Connecticut Tumor Registry, only seven tumors showed more than a 20 per cent increase in the ratio of localized tumors detected post-Medicare (1967-75) versus ante-Medicare (1960-65) in the 65-75 year age group compared to the 60-64 year age group. Of these seven, the information was more convincing for lung cancer in males. Overall, however, Medicare had little if any impact on early tumor diagnosis in the elderly.
在对康涅狄格肿瘤登记处的23种性别特异性肿瘤进行的分析中,与60 - 64岁年龄组相比,在65 - 75岁年龄组中,只有7种肿瘤显示,医疗保险实施后(1967 - 1975年)检测到的局部肿瘤与医疗保险实施前(1960 - 1965年)相比,比率增加超过20%。在这7种肿瘤中,男性肺癌的信息更具说服力。然而,总体而言,医疗保险对老年人早期肿瘤诊断的影响微乎其微。