2012
Assessing the Impact of a Cooperative Group Trial on Breast Cancer Care in the Medicare Population
Soulos PR, Yu JB, Roberts KB, Raldow AC, Herrin J, Long JB, Gross CP. Assessing the Impact of a Cooperative Group Trial on Breast Cancer Care in the Medicare Population. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 1601-1607. PMID: 22393088, PMCID: PMC3383112, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.39.4890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLife ExpectancyMastectomy, SegmentalMedicareNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm StagingPrognosisRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRisk AssessmentSEER ProgramSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsUse of RTAdjuvant radiation therapyRadiation therapyOlder womenRT useLife expectancyBreast cancerMedicare populationEnd Results-Medicare dataStage I breast cancerStrata of ageCooperative group trialsI breast cancerBreast cancer careStrata of patientsHealth system characteristicsLog-binomial regressionShort life expectancySample of womenTreatment guidelinesCancer careInclusion criteriaGroup trialsMedicare beneficiariesClinical practice
2001
Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes
O'Brien M, Freemantle N, Oxman A, Wolfe F, Davis D, Herrin J. Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews 2001, cd003030. PMID: 11406063, DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care outcomesCare outcomesHealth professionalsEducational meetingsCochrane Effective PracticeDevelopment Resource BaseEducation meetingsDATA COLLECTIONCare groupImproved health careBaseline complianceInclusion criteriaOutcome measuresReference listsClinical practiceQuasi-experimental studyDidactic presentationsHealth careInteractive workshopCommon typeContinuing Medical EducationDidactic sessionsInterventionOutcomesStudy data