2015
The Role of Patient Factors, Cancer Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in the Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Breast Cancer
Xu X, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Saraf A, Roberts KB, Killelea BK, Wang SY, Long JB, Wang R, Ma X, Gross CP. The Role of Patient Factors, Cancer Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in the Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries with Breast Cancer. Health Services Research 2015, 51: 167-186. PMID: 26119176, PMCID: PMC4722219, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer careHospital referral regionsCancer careMedicare expendituresBreast cancerRadiation therapyTreatment factorsMean Medicare expendituresEnd Results-MedicareSpecific treatment modalitiesContribution of patientCost of careHighest spending quintilePatient factorsTreatment patternsTumor characteristicsCancer characteristicsTreatment modalitiesReferral regionsMedicare beneficiariesQuintilePatientsCancerCareTherapy
2012
The influence of regional radiation oncologist and urologist capacities on treatment choice for prostate cancer management.
Yu J, Aneja S, Makarov D, Roberts K, Gross C. The influence of regional radiation oncologist and urologist capacities on treatment choice for prostate cancer management. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 108-108. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.5_suppl.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth service areasOnly surgical treatmentSurgical treatmentHealth system characteristicsProstate cancer managementTreatment choiceCancer managementRadiation oncologistsRadiation oncologist densityEnd Results (SEER) databaseSeparate logistic regression modelsHealth system dataLogistic regression modelsArea Resource FileUse of RTUrologist densityHospital densityPatient factorsResults databaseSurgical interventionUrology serviceTreatment modalitiesProstate cancerNCI's SurveillanceRadiation therapy