2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality
Gross CP, Essien UR, Pasha S, Gross JR, Wang SY, Nunez-Smith M. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population-Level Covid-19 Mortality. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2020, 35: 3097-3099. PMID: 32754782, PMCID: PMC7402388, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06081-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Trends in end-of-life cancer care in the Medicare program
Wang SY, Hall J, Pollack CE, Adelson K, Bradley EH, Long JB, Gross CP. Trends in end-of-life cancer care in the Medicare program. Journal Of Geriatric Oncology 2016, 7: 116-125. PMID: 26783015, PMCID: PMC5577563, DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2015.11.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife cancer careDay of deathAggressive endLife careCancer careHospital deathHospice enrollmentEmergency departmentIntensive care unit admissionEnd Results-Medicare dataAggressiveness of endLate hospice enrollmentLife chemotherapy useCare unit admissionHospital referral regionsResult of cancerProportion of beneficiariesChemotherapy useICU admissionUnit admissionED visitsPatient demographicsTumor characteristicsReferral regionsMedicare beneficiaries