Study: Hospital Cancer Clinics See Four Times More Poor Patients as Private Clinics

by Admin | November 21, 2014 5:47 pm

November 21, 2014—Cancer patients treated in hospital outpatient departments are almost four times more likely than those treated in physician offices to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid, a new study[1] commissioned by the American Hospital Association shows. These patients also tend to be sicker and come from lower-income communities. 


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