2006
Relation Between Medicare Screening Reimbursement and Stage at Diagnosis for Older Patients With Colon Cancer
Gross CP, Andersen MS, Krumholz HM, McAvay GJ, Proctor D, Tinetti ME. Relation Between Medicare Screening Reimbursement and Stage at Diagnosis for Older Patients With Colon Cancer. JAMA 2006, 296: 2815-2822. PMID: 17179458, DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.23.2815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal colon lesionsColon lesionsMedicare beneficiariesColon cancerColonoscopy useEnd Results-MedicareProportion of patientsUse of colonoscopyEnd Results (SEER) areasMultivariate logistic regressionReimbursement policiesColon cancer screeningColon cancer riskMultivariate Poisson regressionYears of ageReimbursement policy changesSigmoidoscopy useEligible patientsOlder patientsColorectal cancerCancer screeningPrimary diagnosisScreening modalityColon cancer diagnosisCancer risk
2005
Enrollment of Older Persons in Cancer Trials After the Medicare Reimbursement Policy Change
Gross CP, Wong N, Dubin JA, Mayne ST, Krumholz HM. Enrollment of Older Persons in Cancer Trials After the Medicare Reimbursement Policy Change. JAMA Internal Medicine 2005, 165: 1514-1520. PMID: 16009867, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.13.1514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder patientsCancer trialsReimbursement policy changesOlder personsPatients' sociodemographic characteristicsTrial exclusion criteriaMultivariate logistic regressionProstate cancer trialsProportion of participantsNational Cancer InstituteRoutine care costsSignificant changesClinical trialsPrimary study sampleExclusion criteriaTrial participantsCancer InstitutePatientsPrimary analysisCare costsMultivariate analysisSecondary analysisSociodemographic characteristicsLogistic regressionCancer types