Insurance Status Affects Extent of Treatment for Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Conclusions Privately insured patients have less aggressive PTCs at diagnosis, and are more likely to be treated with total thyroidectomy, lymphadenectomy, and RAI compared to uninsured patients. Clinicians should take caution to ensure proper referral and follow-up for under- and uninsured patients to reduce disparities in treatment. PMID: 31502525 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research